989

989 was a common year.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	950s  960s  970s  – 980s –  990s  1000s  1010s
Years:	986 987 988 – 989 – 990 991 992

Events

• September – Halley's Comet is at perihelion
• Sankore University founded in Timbuktu

Births

• Adémar de Chabannes (died 1034), monk and historian
• Gisela of Swabia (died 1043), Holy Roman Empress

Deaths

• 6 September – Sharaf al-Daula, emir of Kerman and Fars