7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (1)
His younger brother Murong Shan usurped power and tried to kill Shegui's son Hui, so Hui fled and hid in the house of Xu Yu of Liaodong. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷081 283년 단락11 제2문)
West Asia (4)
Carus attacks and defeats Persia but, going too far beyond Ctesiphon, is struck and burned by lightning. (Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus Aur. Vict. Caes. 38.3)
Carus attacks and defeats Persia and takes the renowned cities of Coche (Seleucia) and Ctesiphon. (Eutropius, Breviarium Eutr. 9.18)
He gathers Probus's forces and goes to Persia, conquers Mesopotamia without resistance, advances to Ctesiphon, and takes the title 'Persicus Maximus' (Historia Augusta Car. 8.1)
Carus invades Persia and reaches Ctesiphon, winning the title of Persian emperor, but soon dies, either from the soldiers or by lightning. (Zosimus, New History Zos. 1 (1814 영역) p.35)
Southern Europe (2)
Carus, camped by the Tigris, is killed by a thunderbolt from the gods. (Eutropius, Breviarium Eutr. 9.18)
The ailing Carus dies in his tent amid thunder and lightning (a rumor says he was struck by lightning) (Historia Augusta Car. 8.3)
Changes of power ◆
Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.
◆ Pallava dynasty appears
◆ Eastern Wu ends
◆ Gallic Empire ends
◆ Indo-Scythian Kingdom ends
◆ Jin dynasty (266–420) takes 1,407,400 km² of former Eastern Wu land
◆ Roman Empire takes 712,000 km² of former Gallic Empire land
◆ Sasanian Empire takes 122,200 km² of former Indo-Scythian Kingdom land
◆ Eastern Wu loses 1,407,400 km² to Jin dynasty (266–420)