263

Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century

Decades: 210s 220s 230s 240s 250s - 260s - 270s 280s 290s 300s 310s

Years: 258 259 260 261 262 - 263 - 264 265 266 267 268

• The Kingdom of Wei conquered the kingdom of Shu Han, one of the Chinese Three Kingdoms.
• Liu Hui writes a commentary on The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, describing what would later be called Gaussian elimination, computing pi, etc.

Deaths

• Liu Chan, last emperor of the Kingdom of Shu
• Jiang Wei, Shu general