239

This article is about the year 239. For the number, see 239 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	200s  210s  220s  – 230s –  240s  250s  260s
Years:	236 237 238 – 239 – 240 241 242

239 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

239 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	239 CCXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	992
Assyrian calendar	4989
Bengali calendar	−354
Berber calendar	1189
Buddhist calendar	783
Burmese calendar	−399
Byzantine calendar	5747–5748
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2935 or 2875     — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2936 or 2876
Coptic calendar	−45 – −44
Discordian calendar	1405
Ethiopian calendar	231–232
Hebrew calendar	3999–4000
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	295–296
- Shaka Samvat	161–162
- Kali Yuga	3340–3341
Holocene calendar	10239
Iranian calendar	383 BP – 382 BP
Islamic calendar	395 BH – 394 BH
Julian calendar	239 CCXXXIX
Korean calendar	2572
Minguo calendar	1673 before ROC 民前1673年
Seleucid era	550/551 AG
Thai solar calendar	781–782

Year 239 (CCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gordianus and Aviola (or, less frequently, year 992 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 239 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

China

• In the Chinese Kingdom of Wei, Wei Qi Wang succeeds Cao Rui (Wei Ming Di).
• A Chinese expeditionary force discovers the island of Taiwan.

By topic

Religion

• Origen publishes the Old Testament in five languages.

Deaths

• January 22 – Cao Rui (Wei Ming Di), emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 205)
• Pan Jun, official of Wu