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 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.

289 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	289 CCLXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1042
Assyrian calendar	5039
Balinese saka calendar	210–211
Bengali calendar	−305 – −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	ས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Monkey) 415 or 34 or −738     — to — ས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Earth-Bird) 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]