223

Year 223 (CCXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 976 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 223 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.

Asia

 * Battle of Dongkou: The Chinese state of Cao Wei is defeated by Eastern Wu.

Births

 * Ji Kang, Chinese poet and philosopher (d. 262)
 * Wang Hun, Chinese general and politician (d. 297)

Deaths

 * May 6 – Cao Ren (or Zixiao), Chinese general (b. 168)
 * June 10 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord and emperor (b. 161)
 * August 1 – Cao Zhang, Chinese prince and warlord
 * August 11 – Jia Xu, Chinese official and politician (b. 147)
 * Xing Yong (or Zi'ang), Chinese official and politician
 * Zhang Ji (or Derong), Chinese official and politician