389

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	350s  360s  370s  – 380s –  390s  400s  410s
Years:	386 387 388 – 389 – 390 391 392

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389 (CCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 389th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 389th year of the 1st millennium, the 89th year of the 4th century, and the 10th and last year of the 380s decade. As of the start of 389, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• All pagan buildings in Alexandria are destroyed by fire. This includes the library.

Births

• Geiseric, king of the Vandals and Alans

Deaths

• Mao, Chinese empress and wife of Fu Deng
• January 25 – Gregory Nazianzus, theologian