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| Gregorian calendar | 241 CCXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 994 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4991 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 162–163 |
| Bengali calendar | −352 |
| Berber calendar | 1191 |
| Buddhist calendar | 785 |
| Burmese calendar | −397 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5749–5750 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2937 or 2877 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2938 or 2878 |
| Coptic calendar | −43 – −42 |
| Discordian calendar | 1407 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 233–234 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4001–4002 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 297–298 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 162–163 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3341–3342 |
| Holocene calendar | 10241 |
| Iranian calendar | 381 BP – 380 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 393 BH – 392 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 119–120 |
| Julian calendar | 241 CCXLI |
| Korean calendar | 2574 |
| Minguo calendar | 1671 before ROC 民前1671年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1227 |
| Seleucid era | 552/553 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 783–784 |
| Tibetan calendar | ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 367 or −14 or −786 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Bird) 368 or −13 or −785 |
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Year 241 (CCXLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Winter – Emperor Gordian III reaches Antioch. He gets his army ready to fight against the Persians.
- Timesitheus becomes Praetorian Prefect
Persia
- Shapur I succeeds his father Ardashir I as king of Persia.
- The ancient city of Bagram (Afghanistan) is abandoned.
- Shapur I adds parts of the Kushan Empire.
Europe
- November 1 – The Battle of Samhain is fought in Ireland.
Births
- Cao Mao, emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (possible date) (d. 260)
Deaths
- Ardashir I, first ruler of the Sassanid dynasty
- Zhuge Jin, minister of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu, older brother of Zhuge Liang (b. 174)
- Sun Deng, eldest son of Sun Quan (b. 209)