219

This article is about the year 219. For the number, see 219 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	190s 200s 210s 220s 230s
Years:	216 217 218 219 220 221 222

219 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	219 CCXIX
Ab urbe condita	972
Assyrian calendar	4969
Balinese saka calendar	140–141
Bengali calendar	−374
Berber calendar	1169
Buddhist calendar	763
Burmese calendar	−419
Byzantine calendar	5727–5728
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2916 or 2709     — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2917 or 2710
Coptic calendar	−65 – −64
Discordian calendar	1385
Ethiopian calendar	211–212
Hebrew calendar	3979–3980
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	275–276
- Shaka Samvat	140–141
- Kali Yuga	3319–3320
Holocene calendar	10219
Iranian calendar	403 BP – 402 BP
Islamic calendar	415 BH – 414 BH
Javanese calendar	96–98
Julian calendar	219 CCXIX
Korean calendar	2552
Minguo calendar	1693 before ROC 民前1693年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1249
Seleucid era	530/531 AG
Thai solar calendar	761–762
Tibetan calendar	阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 345 or −36 or −808     — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 346 or −35 or −807

Emperor Elagabalus

Year 219 (CCXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Sacerdos (or, less frequently, year 972 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 219 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Elagabalus) and Quintus Tineius Sacerdos become Roman Consuls.
• Julia Maesa arranges, for her grandson Elagabalus, a marriage with Julia Paula. The wedding is a lavish ceremony and Paula is given the honorific title of Augusta.
• Legions III Gallica and IV Scythica are disbanded by Elagabalus after their leaders, Verus and Gellius Maximus, rebel.
• Emperor Elagabalus, age 15, is initiated into the worship of the Phrygian gods Cybele and Attis.

India

• The reign of Pulona, Satavahana king of Andhra, begins in India.

China

• The Battle of Mount Dingjun ends with Liu Bei emerging victorious. He declares himself king of Hanzhong afterwards.
• Guan Yu floods the fortress at Fan (present-day Fancheng District, Xiangyang, Hubei) in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng captures his base in Jing Province. Guan Yu retreats to Maicheng, falls into an ambush, and gets captured by Sun Quan's forces.
• Cao Cao controls the Yellow River basin and northern China. Sun Quan rules southern China. Liu Bei controls Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing).
• Tuoba Liwei becomes the first chieftain of the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei people.

Births

• Hua He (or Yongxian), Chinese official and historian (d. 278)
• Sun Jun (or Ziyuan), Chinese general and regent (d. 256)

Deaths

• Jiang Qin (or Gongyi), Chinese general serving under Sun Quan
• Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese scholar, official and politician (b. 188)
• Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis, Roman governor and politician
• Pang De (or Lingming), Chinese general serving under Cao Cao
• Sima Fang (or Jianong), Chinese official and politician (b. 149)
• Sun Jiao (or Shulang), Chinese general serving under Sun Quan
• Xiahou Yuan (or Miaocai), Chinese general serving under Cao Cao
• Yang Xiu (or Dezi), Chinese official, adviser and chancellor (b. 175)
• Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician and pharmacologist (b. 150)