281

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281 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar281
CCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita1034
Assyrian calendar5031
Balinese saka calendar202–203
Bengali calendar−312
Berber calendar1231
Buddhist calendar825
Burmese calendar−357
Byzantine calendar5789–5790
Chinese calendar庚子年 (Metal Rat)
2978 or 2771
    — to —
辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2979 or 2772
Coptic calendar−3 – −2
Discordian calendar1447
Ethiopian calendar273–274
Hebrew calendar4041–4042
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat337–338
 - Shaka Samvat202–203
 - Kali Yuga3381–3382
Holocene calendar10281
Iranian calendar341 BP – 340 BP
Islamic calendar352 BH – 350 BH
Javanese calendar160–161
Julian calendar281
CCLXXXI
Korean calendar2614
Minguo calendar1631 before ROC
民前1631年
Nanakshahi calendar−1187
Seleucid era592/593 AG
Thai solar calendar823–824
Tibetan calendar阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
407 or 26 or −746
    — to —
阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
408 or 27 or −745

Year 281 (CCLXXXI) 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 Probus and Tiberianus (or, less frequently, year 1034 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 281 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. The year comes after 280 and Comes before 282.