361

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 3rd century4th century5th century
Decades: 330s  340s  350s  – 360s –  370s  380s  390s
Years: 358 359 360361362 363 364
361 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar361
CCCLXI
Ab urbe condita1114
Assyrian calendar5111
Balinese saka calendar282–283
Bengali calendar−232
Berber calendar1311
Buddhist calendar905
Burmese calendar−277
Byzantine calendar5869–5870
Chinese calendar庚申(Metal Monkey)
3057 or 2997
    — to —
辛酉年 (Metal Rooster)
3058 or 2998
Coptic calendar77–78
Discordian calendar1527
Ethiopian calendar353–354
Hebrew calendar4121–4122
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat417–418
 - Shaka Samvat282–283
 - Kali Yuga3461–3462
Holocene calendar10361
Iranian calendar261 BP – 260 BP
Islamic calendar269 BH – 268 BH
Javanese calendar243–244
Julian calendar361
CCCLXI
Korean calendar2694
Minguo calendar1551 before ROC
民前1551年
Nanakshahi calendar−1107
Seleucid era672/673 AG
Thai solar calendar903–904
Tibetan calendar阳金猴年
(male Iron-Monkey)
487 or 106 or −666
    — to —
阴金鸡年
(female Iron-Rooster)
488 or 107 or −665

361 (CCCLXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 361st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 361st year of the 1st millennium, the 61st year of the 4th century, and the 2nd year of the 360s decade. As of the start of 361, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

  • November 3 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever. He names his cousin Julian the Apostate his successor.
  • December 11 – Julian becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire. He rules from Constantinople and tries to restore paganism.
  • Ministers and followers of Constantius II are put to trial at the Chalcedon tribunal.
  • July 10 – Jin Aidi becomes emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Deaths

  • Apodemius, Roman officer and secret agent
  • November 3 – Constantius II, Roman Emperor
  • George of Cappadocia, archbishop of Alexandria
  • Jin Mudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
  • Li Shi, emperor of the Chinese Ba-Di state Cheng Han
  • Song Hun, regent of the Chinese state Former Liang
  • Wang Xizhi, Chinese calligrapher