# 489

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Year **489** (**[CDLXXXIX](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Sunday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Sunday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Probinus](/source/Petronius_Probinus_(consul_489)) and [Eusebius](/source/Eusebius_(consul_489))** (or, less frequently, **year 1242 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 489 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

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### By place

#### Byzantine Empire

- Emperor [Zeno](/source/Zeno_(emperor)) closes the [School of Edessa](/source/School_of_Edessa) (modern [Turkey](/source/Turkey)) for their teaching of [Nestorian doctrine](/source/Nestorianism), whereupon the scholars seek refuge at the [Syriac Church of the East](/source/Syriac_Church_of_the_East).

#### Europe

- [August](/source/August) – [Battle of Sirmium](/source/Battle_of_Sirmium_(489)) in [Pannonia](/source/Pannonia_(Roman_province)): The [Ostrogoths](/source/Ostrogoths) under [Theodoric the Great](/source/Theodoric_the_Great), moving to invade [Northern Italy](/source/Northern_Italy) at the behest of [Eastern Roman Emperor](/source/Eastern_Roman_Emperor) Zeno, defeat the [Gepids](/source/Gepids) attempting to stop their advance.
- [August 28](/source/August_28) – After crossing the [Julian Alps](/source/Julian_Alps), the Ostrogoths defeat the overwhelming forces of [Odoacer](/source/Odoacer) at the [Battle of Isonzo](/source/Battle_of_Isonzo_(489)) (near Roman [Aquileia](/source/Aquileia) or modern [Soča](/source/So%C4%8Da)) and enter [Italy](/source/Roman_Italy). This date is subsequently used by Theodoric to establish a 30-year statute of limitations (tricennium) ending on 28 August [519](/source/519), after which any unlawful seizure of land during this period can no longer be contested.
- [September 30](/source/September_30) – [Battle of Verona](/source/Battle_of_Verona_(489)): Odoacer is defeated again by Theodoric for a second time. He retreats to the impregnable capital of [Ravenna](/source/Ravenna).[1]
- The Ostrogoths capture the cities [Pavia](/source/Pavia) and [Milan](/source/Milan). The majority of Odoacer's army, including his *[magister militum](/source/Magister_militum)* [Tufa](/source/Tufa_(general)), surrenders to Theodoric.

### By topic

#### Religion

- The first [Temple of Confucius](/source/Temple_of_Confucius) is constructed in [Northern China](/source/North_China) (outside the ancestral temple at [Qufu](/source/Qufu)).

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## Deaths

- [Acacius](/source/Patriarch_Acacius_of_Constantinople), [patriarch of Constantinople](/source/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople)
- [Modest](/source/Modest_(bishop_of_Trier)), [bishop of Trier](/source/Electorate_of_Trier)
- [Sidonius Apollinaris](/source/Sidonius_Apollinaris), bishop and diplomat
- [Wang Jian](/source/Wang_Jian_(Southern_Qi)), official of [Liu Song](/source/Liu_Song_Dynasty) and [Southern Qi](/source/Southern_Qi) (b. [452](/source/452))

## References

1. Waldman, Carl & Mason, Catherine (2006). *Encyclopedia of European Peoples*. [Facts on File, Inc.](/source/Infobase). p. 699. ISBN 9781438129181.

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