989

This article is about the year 989. For the video game developers, see 989 Studios.

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

989 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	989 CMLXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1742
Armenian calendar	438 ԹՎ ՆԼԸ
Assyrian calendar	5739
Balinese saka calendar	910–911
Bengali calendar	396
Berber calendar	1939
Buddhist calendar	1533
Burmese calendar	351
Byzantine calendar	6497–6498
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3686 or 3479     — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3687 or 3480
Coptic calendar	705–706
Discordian calendar	2155
Ethiopian calendar	981–982
Hebrew calendar	4749–4750
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1045–1046
- Shaka Samvat	910–911
- Kali Yuga	4089–4090
Holocene calendar	10989
Iranian calendar	367–368
Islamic calendar	378–379
Japanese calendar	Eiso 2 (永祚２年)
Javanese calendar	890–891
Julian calendar	989 CMLXXXIX
Korean calendar	3322
Minguo calendar	923 before ROC 民前923年
Nanakshahi calendar	−479
Seleucid era	1300/1301 AG
Thai solar calendar	1531–1532
Tibetan calendar	阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1115 or 734 or −38     — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1116 or 735 or −37

The Sankore Madrasah in Timbuktu (Mali)

Year 989 (CMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Emperor Basil II uses his contingent of 6,000 Varangians to help him defeat Bardas Phokas (the Younger), who suffers a seizure during the siege of Abydos (threatening to blockade the Dardanelles). Phokas dies, ending the revolt and threat to Constantinople. Upon Phokas' death, the other rebel leader Bardas Skleros (who is captured and blinded) yields to Basil's superior forces.

Europe

• Summer – Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, captures the city of Reims by treachery of its new archbishop, Arnulf (the illegitimate son of the late King Lothair III). King Hugh I (Capet), demands that Pope John XV disciplines Arnulf. But John XV, not wishing to defy Empress Theophanu refuses.
• Winter – Theophanu arrives with her son, King Otto III in Rome to meet John XV. Crescentius II (the Younger) offers his submission to the Holy Roman Empire, in return for which she confirms his title as patrician of Rome.

By topic

Religion

• Council of Charroux: French bishops under the patronage of William IV, duke of Aquitaine, declare the first Peace of God (or Pax Dei). This agreement grants immunity from violence to noncombatants (peasants and clergy) who can not defend themselves.

Art

• October 25 – The Hagia Sophia at Constantinople is struck by a great earthquake, causing the collapse of the western dome arch. Basil II asks the Armenian architect Trdat, the creator of the Cathedral of Ani, to direct the repairs.

Education

• Sankore Madrasah, at this stage a mosque, founded in Timbuktu (modern-day Mali).

Astronomy

• September – Halley's Comet is at perihelion.

Births

• September 5 – Fan Zhongyan, chancellor of the Song Dynasty (d. 1052)
• Adémar de Chabannes, French monk and historian (d. 1034)
• Al-Jayyānī, Arab scholar and mathematician (d. 1079)
• Chaghri Beg, co-ruler of the Seljuk Empire (d. 1060)
• Regelinda, margravine of Meissen (approximate date)

Deaths

• January 23 – Adalbero, archbishop of Reims
• April 13 – Bardas Phokas, Byzantine general
• October 5 – Henry III, duke of Bavaria (b. 940)
• Chavundaraya, Indian general, architect and poet
• Chen Tuan, Chinese Taoist monk and philosopher
• Choe Seungno, Korean politician and poet (b. 927)
• Fujiwara no Korenari, Japanese courtier (b. 953)
• Fujiwara no Yoritada, Japanese nobleman (b. 924)
• Glúniairn, Norse-Gael king of Dublin (approximate date)
• Gofraid mac Arailt, Norse-Gael king of the Isles (Hebrides)
• Kalokyros Delphinas, Byzantine general (or 988)
• Kiurike I, king of Tashir-Dzoraget (Armenia)
• Pan, Chinese princess and wife of Zhen Zong (b. 968)
• Sharaf al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Kerman and Fars (b. 960)