262

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	240s 250s 260s 270s 280s
Years:	259 260 261 262 263 264 265

262 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	262 CCLXII
Ab urbe condita	1015
Assyrian calendar	5012
Balinese saka calendar	183–184
Bengali calendar	−332 – −331
Berber calendar	1212
Buddhist calendar	806
Burmese calendar	−376
Byzantine calendar	5770–5771
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2959 or 2752     — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2960 or 2753
Coptic calendar	−22 – −21
Discordian calendar	1428
Ethiopian calendar	254–255
Hebrew calendar	4022–4023
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	318–319
- Shaka Samvat	183–184
- Kali Yuga	3362–3363
Holocene calendar	10262
Iranian calendar	360 BP – 359 BP
Islamic calendar	371 BH – 370 BH
Javanese calendar	141–142
Julian calendar	262 CCLXII
Korean calendar	2595
Minguo calendar	1650 before ROC 民前1650年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1206
Seleucid era	573/574 AG
Thai solar calendar	804–805
Tibetan calendar	阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 388 or 7 or −765     — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 389 or 8 or −764

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus is burned down by the Goths.

Deaths

• Xi Kang, author
• Emperor Valerian I (in captivity)
• Xiahou Ba, former general of the Kingdom of Wei, later went to the Kingdom of Shu