274

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 2nd century3rd century4th century
Decades: 240s  250s  260s  – 270s –  280s  290s  300s
Years: 271 272 273 – 274 – 275 276 277
274 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar274
CCLXXIV
Ab urbe condita1027
Assyrian calendar5024
Balinese saka calendar195–196
Bengali calendar−319
Berber calendar1224
Buddhist calendar818
Burmese calendar−364
Byzantine calendar5782–5783
Chinese calendar癸巳(Water Snake)
2970 or 2910
    — to —
甲午年 (Wood Horse)
2971 or 2911
Coptic calendar−10 – −9
Discordian calendar1440
Ethiopian calendar266–267
Hebrew calendar4034–4035
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat330–331
 - Shaka Samvat195–196
 - Kali Yuga3374–3375
Holocene calendar10274
Iranian calendar348 BP – 347 BP
Islamic calendar359 BH – 358 BH
Javanese calendar153–154
Julian calendar274
CCLXXIV
Korean calendar2607
Minguo calendar1638 before ROC
民前1638年
Nanakshahi calendar−1194
Seleucid era585/586 AG
Thai solar calendar816–817
Tibetan calendar阴水蛇年
(female Water-Snake)
400 or 19 or −753
    — to —
阳木马年
(male Wood-Horse)
401 or 20 or −752
Coin of Tetricus I

Year 274 (CCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

  • Battle of Châlons: Emperor Aurelian reconquers the Gallic Empire.
  • Rome calls Aurelian "Restorer of the World".
  • Aurelian makes an important change of Roman currency.
  • December 25 – Aurelian has a temple dedicated to Sol Invictus. This religion becomes the state religion of Rome.

Africa

  • The Kingdom of Aksum gets great wealth thanks to its control of Red Sea trade.

By topic

Religion

Transportation

  • Japanese shipwrights build a 100-foot oar-powered vessel for Emperor Ōjin. The Japanese will not use sails for another 7 centuries.

Births

  • Li Xiong, first emperor of Cheng Han (d. 334)
  • Shi Le, founder and emperor of the Chinese Jie state (d. 333)

Deaths

  • Cao Fang, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 231)
  • December 30Pope Felix I
  • Lu Kang, general of the Kingdom of Wu (b. 226)
  • Empress Yang Yan, first wife of Emperor Wu (b. 238)
  • Zenobia, queen of the Palmyrene Empire (b. 240)