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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Years: |
| 261 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 261 CCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1014 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5011 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 182–183 |
| Bengali calendar | −332 |
| Berber calendar | 1211 |
| Buddhist calendar | 805 |
| Burmese calendar | −377 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5769–5770 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2958 or 2751 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2959 or 2752 |
| Coptic calendar | −23 – −22 |
| Discordian calendar | 1427 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 253–254 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4021–4022 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 317–318 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 182–183 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3361–3362 |
| Holocene calendar | 10261 |
| Iranian calendar | 361 BP – 360 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 372 BH – 371 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 140–141 |
| Julian calendar | 261 CCLXI |
| Korean calendar | 2594 |
| Minguo calendar | 1651 before ROC 民前1651年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1207 |
| Seleucid era | 572/573 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 803–804 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 387 or 6 or −766 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 388 or 7 or −765 |
Year 261 (CCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallienus and Taurus (or, less frequently, year 1014 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 261 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.