349

Year 349 (CCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Limenius and Catullinus (or, less frequently, year 1102 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 349 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

 * After a brief reign of 183 days, Emperor Shi Zun and his mother Empress Zheng Yingtao are executed; his son Shi Jian succeeds him, as emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao.
 * The Mou-jong (proto-Mongols) take control of North China.

Births

 * John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople (approximate date)

Deaths

 * Empress Liu, wife of Emperor Shi Hu (b. 318)
 * Shi Hu, emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao (b. 295)
 * Shi Shi, emperor and brother of Shi Zun (b. 339)
 * Shi Zun, emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao
 * Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty (b. 272)
 * Empress Zhang, wife of emperor Shi Zun
 * Empress Zheng Yingtao, mother of emperor Shi Zun