__NOTOC__ Year 349 ( CCCXLIX) was a

common year starting on Sunday A common year starting on Sunday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Sunday, January 1, 1 January, and ends on Sunday, December 31, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is A. The most recent year of such kind was 2023 ...

of the

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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Limenius and Catullinus (or, less frequently, year 1102 ''

Ab urbe condita ''Ab urbe condita'' (; 'from the founding of Rome, founding of the City'), or (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is ...

''). The denomination 349 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Asia

Shi Hu Shi Hu (; 295 – 26 May 349), courtesy name Jilong (季龍), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Wu of Later Zhao (後趙武帝), was an emperor of the Jie-led Chinese Later Zhao dynasty. He was the founding emperor Shi Le (Em ...

, emperor of the Jie state

Later Zhao Zhao, briefly known officially as Wei (衛) in 350 AD, known in historiography as the Later Zhao (; 319–351) or Shi Zhao (石趙), was a dynasty of China ruled by the Shi family of Jie ethnicity during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Among the ...

since 334, dies. The state plunges into turmoil with his sons Shi Shi,

Shi Zun Shi Zun () (died 349) was briefly (for 183 days) an emperor of the Jie-led Chinese Later Zhao dynasty. He was the second of four short-lived emperors after the death of his father Shi Hu (Emperor Wu). He is sometimes referred to by his title prio ...

Shi Jian Shi Jian () (died 350) was briefly (for 103 days) an emperor of the Jie-led Later Zhao dynasty of China. He was the third of four short-lived Later Zhao emperors after the death of his father Shi Hu (Emperor Wu). He is sometimes referred to b ...

and

Shi Zhi Shi Zhi (; died 351) was the final emperor of the Jie-led Chinese Later Zhao dynasty. He was the last of four short-lived emperors after the death of his father Shi Hu (Emperor Wu). Shi Zhi reigned briefly for about a year. He is sometimes ref ...

plotting against each other and holding the emperorship in rapid succession, before ethnic Han

Ran Min Ran Min (; died 352), also known as Shi Min (石閔), posthumously honored by the Former Yan as Heavenly King Wudao of (Ran) Wei ((冉)魏武悼天王), courtesy name Yongzeng (永曾), nickname Jinu (棘奴), was a military leader during the er ...

establishes the short-lived

Ran Wei Wei ( zh, 魏; 350–352), known as Ran Wei () in Chinese historiography, was a short-lived Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China established by Ran Min. In 350, Ran Wei usurped the throne of the Later Zhao, Later Zhao dynasty in the city ...

dynasty in 350, bringing the Later Zhou dynasty to an end in 351 before it is itself conquered and divided by the

Former Yan Yan, known in historiography as the Former Yan (; 337–370), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Murong clan of the Xianbei during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. From Liaoning, the Former Yan later conquered and ruled over Hebei, Shaanxi, ...

and

Former Qin Qin, known as the Former Qin and Fu Qin (苻秦) in historiography, was a Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China ruled by the Fu (Pu) clan of the Di (Five Barbarians), Di peoples during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Founded in the wake of ...

dynasties in 351. * Shi Shi, youngest of Shi Huis sons, reigns for 33 days before being deposed and executed at age 10 by

. After a brief reign of 183 days, Emperor

and his mother

Empress Zheng Yingtao Zheng Yingtao (; died 349) was an empress consort of China's Jie-led Later Zhao dynasty. She was Shi Hu (Emperor Wu)'s first empress, but not his first wife. Life Zheng Yingtao became a concubine of Shi Hu's, apparently when he was in his late ...

are executed; his brother

succeeds him, only to be toppled after 103 days in early 350 by

Births

John Chrysostom John Chrysostom (; ; – 14 September 407) was an important Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and p ...

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(approximate date)

Deaths

* Empress Liu, wife of Emperor

(b.

318 Year 318 ( CCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Licinianus and Crispus (or, less frequently, year 1071 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 318 fo ...

) *

, emperor of the Jie state

(b.

295 __NOTOC__ Year 295 ( CCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 295th Year of the Common Era ( CE) and Anno Domini ( AD) designations, the 295th year of the 1st millennium, the 95th year and last 6 years of the 3r ...

) * Shi Shi, emperor and brother of Shi Zun (b.

339 Year 339 ( CCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Claudius (or, less frequently, year 1092 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination ...

) *

, emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao *

Wei Shuo Wei Shuo (, 272–349 CE), courtesy name Mouyi (茂猗), sobriquet He'nan (和南), commonly addressed just as Lady Wei (衛夫人), who lived during the Eastern Jin, was one of the most famous of all Chinese calligraphers in history. She was a ...

calligrapher Calligraphy () is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an exp ...

of the

Jin Dynasty Jin may refer to: States Jìn 晉 * Jin (Chinese state) (晉國), major state of the Zhou dynasty, existing from the 11th century BC to 376 BC * Jin dynasty (266–420) (晉朝), also known as Liang Jin and Sima Jin * Jin (Later Tang precursor) ...

(b.

272 __NOTOC__ Year 272 ( CCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Postumius and Veldumnianus (or, less frequently, year 1025 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denominati ...

) * Empress Zhang, wife of emperor Shi Zun *

, mother of emperor Shi Zun

References

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