What is 291?
{{Year nav|291}} {{Year in other calendars}} [[File:JinJar.JPG|thumb|[[Hunping]] jar of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]]]] __NOTOC__ Year '''291''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXCI]]''') was a common year starting on Thursday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * Emperor [[Diocletian]] signs peace [[treaty|treaties]] with the kingdoms of [[Aksumite Empire|Aksum]] and [[Nubia]]. ==== China ==== * [[War of the Eight Princes]]: After the death of Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Jin|Sima Yan]] a civil war starts among the princes and [[duke]]s of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]]. == Births == * [[Li Xiu]], female general during the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]] * [[Agnes of Rome|Saint Agnes]], Christian [[Christian martyrs|martyress]] (d. c. [[304]]) * [[Hilarion|Saint Hilarion]], [[anchorite]] and [[saint]] (d. [[371]]) * [[Philomena|Saint Philomena]], Christian martyress (d. c. 304) == Deaths == * [[Sima Liang]], regent during the rule of [[Emperor Hui of Jin|Sima Yan]] * [[Sima Wei]], prince during the Jin Dynasty (b. [[271]]) * [[Wei Guan]], general of the [[Cao Wei|Kingdom of Wei]] (b. [[220]]) * [[Wen Yang (Three Kingdoms)|Wen Yang]], general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. [[238]]) * [[Yang Jun (Jin Dynasty)|Yang Jun]], official during the rule of Sima Yan {{DEFAULTSORT:291}} [[Category:290s]]