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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century |
| Decades: | 180s 190s 200s - 210s - 220s 230s 240s |
| Years: | 212 213 214 - 215 - 216 217 218 |
| 215 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 215 CCXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 968 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1629 – -1628 |
| Berber calendar | 1165 |
| Buddhist calendar | 759 |
| Burmese calendar | -423 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5723 – 5724 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年十一月十三日 (2851/2911-11-13) — to —
乙未年十一月廿三日(2852/2912-11-23) |
| Coptic calendar | -69 – -68 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 207 – 208 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3975 – 3976 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 270 – 271 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 137 – 138 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3316 – 3317 |
| Holocene calendar | 10215 |
| Iranian calendar | 407 BP – 406 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 420 BH – 419 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2548 |
| Thai solar calendar | 758 |
Events
By Place
Roman Empire
- Caracalla's troops massacre the population of Alexandria, Egypt.
- Caracalla introduces a new coin, the Antoninianus. The weight of this coin is a mere 1/50 of a pound. Copper disappears gradually, and by the middle of the third century, with Rome's economy in crisis, the Antonianus will be the only official currency.
Asia
- Zhang Liao holds off Sun Quan's invasion force at the siege of Hefei.
- Reign of Vachagan I, king of Caucasian Albania (215–55).
Births
- Huang-fu Mi (d. 282)
Deaths
- Chen Wu, general under Sun Quan
- Dong Xi, general under Sun Quan
- Han Sui, sworn brother of Ma Teng who fought Cao Cao until the end of his life
- Yang Ang, general under Zhang Lu
