289 BC
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Centuries: | 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC |
Decades: | 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC - 280s BC - 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC |
Years: | 292 BC 291 BC 290 BC - 289 BC - 288 BC 287 BC 286 BC |
289 BC by topic | |
Politics | |
State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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Establishments - Disestablishments |
Gregorian calendar | 289 BC |
Ab urbe condita | 465 |
Armenian calendar | N/A |
Bahá'í calendar | -2132 – -2131 |
Berber calendar | 662 |
Buddhist calendar | 256 |
Burmese calendar | -926 |
Chinese calendar | 2348/2408 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2349/2409([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
Coptic calendar | -572 – -571 |
Ethiopian calendar | -296 – -295 |
Hebrew calendar | 3472 – 3473 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | -233 – -232 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2813 – 2814 |
Holocene calendar | 9712 |
Iranian calendar | 910 BP – 909 BP |
Islamic calendar | 938 BH – 937 BH |
Japanese calendar | |
Korean calendar | 2045 |
Thai solar calendar | 255 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Sicily
- The tyrant of Syracuse, Agathocles, dies after restoring the Syracusan democracy on his death bed, by stating that he does not want his sons to succeed him as king. However, the resulting dissension among his family about the succession leads to a renewal of Carthaginian power in Sicily.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily from 317 BC and self-styled king of Sicily after 304 BC (b. 361 BC)
- Mencius (Mèng Zǐ or Meng Zhu), Chinese philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. 372 BC)