189
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- This article is about the year 189. For other uses, see 189 (number).
| Centuries: | 1st century · 2nd century · 3rd century |
| Decades: | 150s 160s 170s 180s 190s 200s 210s |
| Years: | 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 |
| 189 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 189 CLXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 942 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Chinese calendar | 2885 – 2886 戊辰 – 己巳 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 181 – 182 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3949 – 3950 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 244 – 245 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 111 – 112 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3290 – 3291 |
| Iranian calendar | 433 BP – 432 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 447 BH – 446 BH |
Events
By Place
Asia
- The Prince of Hongnong succeeds Han Lingdi as Chinese emperor of Han Dynasty.
- Dong Zhuo has the Prince of Hongnong poisoned and installs Han Xiandi as emperor.
By Topic
Arts and Sciences
- Galen publishes his "Treatise on the various temperaments" (aka On the Elements According to Hippocrates).
Religion
- Pope Victor I succeeds Pope Eleuterus as the fourteenth pope, the first from Africa.
- Demetrius of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.
- Pantaenus, who was sent by the bishop of Alexandria to India to preach Christianity, meets with little success.
Births
- March 7 - Geta, younger son of the future Roman Emperor Septimius Severus
- Ling Tong - general of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu
Deaths
- He Jin, Han Grand General (assassinated).
- Pope Eleuterus
- Zhang Chung and Zhang Ju, Chinese rebels
- Han Lingdi and Prince of Hongnong, Chinese emperors of Han Dynasty
- Zhang Rang, one of the Ten Attendants
- Bao Zhong, slain by Hua Xiong
- Ding Yuan, killed by his foster son, Lu Bu
- Empress He, Emperor Ling's second wife
Fictional references
- The Battle of Sishui Pass, between the Imperial forces of Dong Zhuo and the coalition forces commanded by Yuan Shao, takes place in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.