360s

decade

Below is a list of events that happened in the years from 360 to 369.

Millennium:1st millennium
Centuries:3rd century4th century5th century
Decades:330s 340s 350s360s – 370s 380s 390s
Years:360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369
Categories:BirthsDeaths – Architecture
Establishments – Disestablishments


360

Births

Deaths

  • Eustathius of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch
  • Murong Jun, emperor of the Former Yan

361

  • November 3 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever. He names his cousin Julian the Apostate his successor.
  • December 11 – Julian becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire. He rules from Constantinople and tries to restore paganism.
  • Ministers and followers of Constantius II are put to trial at the Chalcedon tribunal.
  • July 10 – Jin Aidi becomes emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Deaths

  • Apodemius, Roman officer and secret agent
  • November 3 – Constantius II, Roman Emperor
  • George of Cappadocia, archbishop of Alexandria
  • Jin Mudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
  • Li Shi, emperor of the Chinese Ba-Di state Cheng Han
  • Song Hun, regent of the Chinese state Former Liang
  • Wang Xizhi, Chinese calligrapher

362

Births

  • Flavia Maxima Constantia, daughter of Constantius II
  • Jin Xiaowudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Deaths

363

  • May 29 – Battle of Ctesiphon
  • June 26 – Battle of Samarra
  • Petra, capital of the Nabataeans, is damaged by an earthquake.
  • April 20 – The planet Venus occults the planet Jupiter.

Births

  • Sulpicius Severus, Christian writer
  • Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty

Deaths

  • Consort Zhou, concubine of Jin Chengdi
  • June 26 – Julian, Roman Emperor
  • Zhang Xuanjing, ruler of the Chinese state Former Liang

364

  • February 17 – Emperor Jovian dies after ruling for eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana.
  • February 26 – Valentinian I is made Emperor by the Roman army.
  • March 28 – Valens, brother of Valentinian I, is made co-emperor. He begins to kill people for being pagan.
  • Valentinian I started the Valentinian Dynasty. He lives in Paris.
  • Britain suffers Barbarian raids.
  • Theon of Alexandria, Greek mathematician, sees a solar eclipse (June 16) and a lunar eclipse (November 25).

Births

  • Sima Daozi, regent of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
  • Xu Xianzhi, high official of the Liu Song Dynasty

Deaths

365

  • July 21 – earthquake and tsunami destroy Crete and Alexandria. They also affect Italy, Greece, and Palestine.
  • September 28 – Procopius revolts. He called himself Emperor, and took control of Thrace and Bithynia.
  • March 30 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi becomes emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He has no actual power. His granduncle Sima Yu truly rules.

Births

  • Kou Qianzhi, Chinese high official and Daoist
  • Tao Qian, Chinese poet
  • Tufa Rutan, prince of the Xianbei state Southern Liang

Deaths

  • Charietto, German headhunter
  • November 22 – Felix, antipope
  • Hillel II, Jewish religious leader
  • March 30 – Jin Aidi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
  • Wang Muzhi, empress and wife of Jin Aidi

366

  • January 31 – Athanasius of Alexandria returns from his fifth exile.
  • April – Emperor Valens defeats the troops of Procopius in the Battle of Thyatira.
  • Valens builds a pontoon bridge across the Danube. This lets the Visigoths travel farther north.
  • The Tabula Peutingeriana, a map showing Roman places and roads, is made about this time.
  • October 1 – Damasus I becomes 37th pope.

Births

  • Yao Xing, emperor of the Chinese Qiang state Later Qin

Deaths

  • Acacius of Caesarea, bishop and Christian leader of Arianism
  • September 24 – Pope Liberius
  • Marcellus, general and Roman usurper
  • May 27 – Procopius, Roman usurper
  • Yu Daolian, empress and wife of Jin Feidi
  • Zhi Dun, Chinese Buddhist monk and philosopher

367

  • Battle of Solicinium
  • Great Conspiracy: Romans revolt and allow Picts to attack Britain. Also the Scotti from Hibernia (Ireland), and the Saxons from Germania attack.
  • Eunomius of Cyzicus is made to live in Mauretania. This is because he kept Procopius safe.
  • The first Korean official goes to Japan.
  • November 16 – Antipope Ursicinus is made to live in Gaul.
  • Epiphanius of Salamis becomes bishop of Salamis, Cyprus.

Deaths

368

Births

  • Eustochium, Desert Mother and saint
  • Juqu Mengxun, prince of the Xiongnu state Northern Liang
  • Philostorgius, Anomoean church historian

Deaths

369

  • Spring – Emperor Valens crosses the Danube at Noviodunum (Romania). He attacks the Gothic tribes. Their king Athanaric is defeated.
  • Fritigern becomes king of the Visigoths.
  • Count Theodosius brings Britain fully back to the Empire after the Great Conspiracy of 367.
  • Chinese troops of the Jin Dynasty are defeated by Former Yan of the Xianbei.
  • Goguryeo invades Baekje.

Births

  • Huan Xuan, warlord and emperor of the Jin Dynasty