989

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

989 Media

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  The Sankore Madrasah in Timbuktu (Mali)

989 (CMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 989th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 989th year of the 1st millennium, the 89th year of the 10th century, and the 10th and last year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 989, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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