264 CE

3 – Zhong Hui's Rebellion in China is quelled. Sun Hao succeeds Sun Xiu as emperor of the Chinese state of Eastern Wu. Sima Zhao, regent of the Chinese state of Cao Wei, styles himself the "King of Jin", the penultimate step before usurpation.

In the 260s, the 3rd century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Sun Hao succeeds Sun Xiu as emperor of the Chinese state of Eastern Wu.source

Conflict & Security

  • March 1–3 – Zhong Hui's Rebellion in China is quelled.source
  • Sima Zhao, regent of the Chinese state of Cao Wei, styles himself the "King of Jin", the penultimate step before usurpation.source

Deaths

  • March 3 – Zhang Yi (or Bogong), Chinese general and politiciansource
  • March 3 – Jiang Wei (or Boyue), Chinese general and regent (born 202)source
  • September 3 – Sun Xiu (Jing of Wu), Chinese emperor (born 235)source
  • Zong Yu (or Deyan), Chinese general and politiciansource
  • Puyang Xing (or Ziyuan), Chinese official and chancellorsource
  • Liu Xuan, Chinese prince of the Shu Han state (born 224)source
  • Zhong Hui, Chinese philosophersource
  • Deng Ai (or Shizai), Chinese general and politician (born 197)source
  • Guo (or Mingyuan), Chinese empress of the Cao Wei statesource
  • Liao Hua (or Yuanjian), Chinese general and politiciansource