The Arsacid Dynasty ruled Parthia, which included the Iranian plateau and intermittently Mesopotamia, from 253 BC until their overthrow by the Sassanid Dynasty in AD 224. The members of this dynasty include:
... January 20 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Russian chemist and inventor of the Periodic table
May 19 - Auguste Molinier, French historian
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