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Year 349 (
CCCXLIX) was a
common year starting on Sunday
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(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Limenius and Catullinus (or, less frequently, year 1102 ''
Ab urbe condita
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''). The denomination 349 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini
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calendar era
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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Asia
* After a brief reign of 183 days, Emperor Shi Zun
Shi Zun (石遵) (died 349) was briefly (for 183 days) an emperor of the Jie-led Chinese Later Zhao dynasty. He was the second of four short-lived emperors after the death of his father Shi Hu (Emperor Wu). He is sometimes referred to by his tit ...
and his mother Empress Zheng Yingtao
Zheng Yingtao (; died 349) was an empress of the Chinese/ Jie state Later Zhao. She was Shi Hu (Emperor Wu)'s first empress, but not his first wife.
Life
Zheng Yingtao became a concubine of Shi Hu's, apparently when he was in his late teens, cir ...
are executed; his son Shi Jian succeeds him, as emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao
The Later Zhao (; 319–351) was a dynasty of the Sixteen Kingdoms in northern China. It was founded by the Shi family of the Jie ethnicity. The Jie were most likely a Yeniseian people and spoke next to Chinese one of the Yeniseian languages.Vov ...
.
* The Mou-jong (proto-Mongols
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) take control of North China
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.
Births
*
John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom (; gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος; 14 September 407) was an important Early Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his homilies, preaching and public speaking, his denunciat ...
,
archbishop
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of
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
(approximate date)
Deaths
*
Empress Liu, wife of Emperor
Shi Hu (b.
318
Year 318 ( CCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Licinianus and Crispus (or, less frequently, year 1071 ''Ab ur ...
)
*
Shi Hu, emperor of the
Jie state
Later Zhao
The Later Zhao (; 319–351) was a dynasty of the Sixteen Kingdoms in northern China. It was founded by the Shi family of the Jie ethnicity. The Jie were most likely a Yeniseian people and spoke next to Chinese one of the Yeniseian languages.Vov ...
(b.
295
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Year 295 ( CCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 295th Year of the Common Era ( CE) and Anno Domini ( AD) designations, the 295th year of the 1st millennium, th ...
)
*
Shi Shi, emperor and brother of Shi Zun (b.
339
Year 339 ( CCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Claudius (or, less frequently, year 1092 '' Ab urb ...
)
*
Shi Zun
Shi Zun (石遵) (died 349) was briefly (for 183 days) an emperor of the Jie-led Chinese Later Zhao dynasty. He was the second of four short-lived emperors after the death of his father Shi Hu (Emperor Wu). He is sometimes referred to by his tit ...
, emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao
*
Wei Shuo,
calligrapher of the
Jin Dynasty (b.
272)
*
Empress Zhang, wife of emperor Shi Zun
*
Empress Zheng Yingtao
Zheng Yingtao (; died 349) was an empress of the Chinese/ Jie state Later Zhao. She was Shi Hu (Emperor Wu)'s first empress, but not his first wife.
Life
Zheng Yingtao became a concubine of Shi Hu's, apparently when he was in his late teens, cir ...
, mother of emperor Shi Zun
References
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