372

372 (CCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 372nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 372nd year of the 1st millennium, the 72nd year of the 4th century, and the 3rd year of the 370s decade. As of the start of 372, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Statue of Xie An (China)

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	340s  350s  360s  – 370s –  380s  390s  400s
Years:	369 370 371 – 372 – 373 374 375

372 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	372 CCCLXXII
Ab urbe condita	1125
Assyrian calendar	5122
Balinese saka calendar	293–294
Bengali calendar	−221
Berber calendar	1322
Buddhist calendar	916
Burmese calendar	−266
Byzantine calendar	5880–5881
Chinese calendar	辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3068 or 3008     — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3069 or 3009
Coptic calendar	88–89
Discordian calendar	1538
Ethiopian calendar	364–365
Hebrew calendar	4132–4133
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	428–429
- Shaka Samvat	293–294
- Kali Yuga	3472–3473
Holocene calendar	10372
Iranian calendar	250 BP – 249 BP
Islamic calendar	258 BH – 257 BH
Javanese calendar	254–255
Julian calendar	372 CCCLXXII
Korean calendar	2705
Minguo calendar	1540 before ROC 民前1540年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1096
Seleucid era	683/684 AG
Thai solar calendar	914–915
Tibetan calendar	阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 498 or 117 or −655     — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 499 or 118 or −654

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Valentinian I is against the Alamanni, Quadi and Sarmatians. His subordinates are dealing with Firmus, Roman usurper, in Africa and the Picts in Britain.

Europe

• The Huns attack the Tervingi on the Dniester.

China

• Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi is dethroned as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is replaced by Jin Jianwendi.
• September 12 – Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi. Empress Chu Suanzi serves as regent.
• The first diplomatic ties are made between the Korean kingdom of Baekje and the Chinese court of the Jin Dynasty.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The national academy of Chinese learning, called Taehak, is made in the kingdom of Goguryeo (Korea).

Religion

• Gregory of Nyssa becomes bishop.
• Buddhism is the official religion of Gorguryeo.
• Saint Augustine adopts Manichaeism.
• Valentinian I bans Manichaean meetings.

Births

• Pei Songzhi, Chinese historian (d. 451)

Deaths

• Jin Jianwendi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 320)
• Maximus of Ephesus, Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
• Sabbas the Goth, Christian reader and saint (b. 334)