289

This article is about the year 289. For the number, see 289 (number). For other uses, see 289 (disambiguation).

Year 289 (CCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Quintianus (or, less frequently, year 1042 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 289 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	260s 270s 280s 290s 300s
Years:	286 287 288 289 290 291 292

289 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	289 CCLXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1042
Assyrian calendar	5039
Balinese saka calendar	210–211
Bengali calendar	−304
Berber calendar	1239
Buddhist calendar	833
Burmese calendar	−349
Byzantine calendar	5797–5798
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2986 or 2779     — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 2987 or 2780
Coptic calendar	5–6
Discordian calendar	1455
Ethiopian calendar	281–282
Hebrew calendar	4049–4050
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	345–346
- Shaka Samvat	210–211
- Kali Yuga	3389–3390
Holocene calendar	10289
Iranian calendar	333 BP – 332 BP
Islamic calendar	343 BH – 342 BH
Javanese calendar	169–170
Julian calendar	289 CCLXXXIX
Korean calendar	2622
Minguo calendar	1623 before ROC 民前1623年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1179
Seleucid era	600/601 AG
Thai solar calendar	831–832
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 415 or 34 or −738     — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 416 or 35 or −737

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• In this or the following year, Emperor Diocletian campaigns with success against the Sarmatians. The future emperor Galerius may have distinguished himself during this campaign. ^[1]
• In this or the following year, Maximian attempts to reconquer Britain from the usurper Carausius but is defeated at sea. ^[2]

Births

• Flavia Maxima Fausta, Roman empress (d. 326)^[3]
• Yu Liang (or Yuangui), Chinese politician (d. 340)^[4]

Deaths

• Alexander of Rome, Christian martyr^[5]
• Kyriaki the Great, Christian martyr ^[6]
• Xun Xu (or Gongzeng), Chinese official^[7]

References

1. Charles Odahl, Constantine and the Christian Empire ISBN 0415174856 Archived
2. Panegyrici Latini 8(5)12.2; Barnes, Constantine and Eusebius, 7, 288
3. Flavia Maxima Fausta (289 - 326), Geni
4. According to Yu Liang's biography in Book of Jin, he was 52 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died. (咸康六年薨，时年五十二。) Jin Shu, vol.73. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 289.
5. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/O/bo22340843.html. Eastern Christian Texts. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
6. Megas, G.A. (1958). Greek Calendar Customs. Press and Information Department, Prime Minister's Office. p. 140.
7. (十一月，丙辰，尚書令濟北成侯荀勗卒。) Zizhi Tongjian vol. 82.