489

489 (CDLXXXIX) was a common year beginning on a Sunday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire, the year was named the year of the consulate of Probino and Eusebio, or less commonly, as 1242 Ab urbe condita, acquiring its name as 489 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the anno Domini was established.

Events

• Ostrogods invade Italy.
  • August 28: Theodoric the Great defeats Odoacro, king of the boilers, in Aquile.
  • September 27: Theodoric the Great defeat again Odoacro, in Verona, where he fixed his capital.

Births

• Galo de Clermont, Christian religious.
• Buretsu, emperor of Japan.