259

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259 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar259
CCLIX
Ab urbe condita1012
Assyrian calendar5009
Balinese saka calendar180–181
Bengali calendar−334
Berber calendar1209
Buddhist calendar803
Burmese calendar−379
Byzantine calendar5767–5768
Chinese calendar戊寅年 (Earth Tiger)
2956 or 2749
    — to —
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
2957 or 2750
Coptic calendar−25 – −24
Discordian calendar1425
Ethiopian calendar251–252
Hebrew calendar4019–4020
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat315–316
 - Shaka Samvat180–181
 - Kali Yuga3359–3360
Holocene calendar10259
Iranian calendar363 BP – 362 BP
Islamic calendar374 BH – 373 BH
Javanese calendar138–139
Julian calendar259
CCLIX
Korean calendar2592
Minguo calendar1653 before ROC
民前1653年
Nanakshahi calendar−1209
Seleucid era570/571 AG
Thai solar calendar801–802
Tibetan calendar阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
385 or 4 or −768
    — to —
阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
386 or 5 or −767

Year 259 (CCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aemilianus and Bassus (or, less frequently, year 1012 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 259 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.