The world in 286 AD — what happened that year

6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

China (2)

• Murong Hui invaded Liaodong. (Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals 晉書 卷003 帝紀 太康7年5月)
• In the summer Murong Hui invaded Liaodong. Yi Lü, son of the Fuyu king Yi Lü, asked to return to his homeland and sought aid from the Dongyi Commander He Kan, who gave Captain Jia Shen troops to escort him. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷081 286년 단락1 제1문)

Japan (1)

• In autumn the Xiongnu hu Dudabo and the Weisuo hu, each leading over a hundred thousand households, came to Yongzhou and surrendered. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷081 286년 단락2 제1문)

Southern Europe (1)

• Carausius, afraid of being executed by Maximian, puts on the purple and seizes Britain. (Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.21)

Western Europe (2)

• Alban and his companions were martyred during the persecution of Diocletian (Verulamium). (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People Bede HE 1.7)
• Carausius, tasked at Bononia with clearing Frankish and Saxon pirates, is suspected of withholding plunder and ordered executed by Maximian, so he puts on the purple and seizes Britain. (Eutropius, Breviarium Eutr. 9.21)

Same events recorded in this year

• Liaodong (286) — the same event in Book of Jin and Zizhi Tongjian

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