A Sampler of Events That Made History Between 200 AD and 299 AD
200 - Human population reaches about 257 million. 257 - St. Stephen I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 295 - 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 296 - St. Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 250 - Saint Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50) 235 - Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down 218 - 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 268 - St. Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 283 - St. Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope 259 - Dionysius elected as bishop of Rome, succeeding Sixtus II
