271
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 240s 250s 260s – 270s – 280s 290s 300s |
| Years: | 268 269 270 – 271 – 272 273 274 |
| Gregorian calendar | 271 CCLXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1024 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5021 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 192–193 |
| Bengali calendar | −322 |
| Berber calendar | 1221 |
| Buddhist calendar | 815 |
| Burmese calendar | −367 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5779–5780 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2967 or 2907 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2968 or 2908 |
| Coptic calendar | −13 – −12 |
| Discordian calendar | 1437 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 263–264 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4031–4032 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 327–328 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 192–193 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3371–3372 |
| Holocene calendar | 10271 |
| Iranian calendar | 351 BP – 350 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 362 BH – 361 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 150–151 |
| Julian calendar | 271 CCLXXI |
| Korean calendar | 2604 |
| Minguo calendar | 1641 before ROC 民前1641年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1197 |
| Seleucid era | 582/583 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 813–814 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 397 or 16 or −756 — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 398 or 17 or −755 |
Year 271 (CCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Aurelian pushes the Vandals back from Pannonia.
- January
- Battle of Placentia: The Alamanni invade Italy. They take the city of Piacenza.
- Battle of Fano: The Alamanni move toward Rome. Aurelian defeats the Germanic tribes on the Metauro River.
- Battle of Pavia: The Roman army chase after the Alamanni in Lombardy.
- Felicissimus leads an uprising against Aurelian. He is defeated and killed on the Caelian Hill.
- Aurelian begins to build a new defensive wall to protect Rome.
Europe
- Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire, is killed by Attitianus. Domitianus is Emperor for a few days before being replaced by Tetricus I.
Syria
- Zenobia makes herself to be Empress. She breaks all relations with the Roman Empire.
- Zenobia gives her son Vaballathus the title of Augustus.
By topic
Arts and sciences
- King Shapur I builds the Academy of Gundishapur (Iran).
- A magnetic compass is first used in China.
Births
- Sima Wei, prince during the Jin Dynasty (d. 291)
Deaths
- Ding Feng, general of the Kingdom of Wu
- Domitianus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire
- Felicissimus, Roman financial minister (rationalis)
- Liu Shan, last Emperor of the Kingdom of Shu (b. 207)
- Pei Xiu, minister and cartographer of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 224)
- Sima Wang, general of the Jin Dynasty (b. 205)
- Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire