372

This article is about the year 372. For the number, see 372 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	340s  350s  360s  – 370s –  380s  390s  400s
Years:	369 370 371 – 372 – 373 374 375

372 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

372 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	372 CCCLXXII
Ab urbe condita	1125
Assyrian calendar	5122
Bengali calendar	−221
Berber calendar	1322
Buddhist calendar	916
Burmese calendar	−266
Byzantine calendar	5880–5881
Chinese calendar	辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3068 or 3008     — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3069 or 3009
Coptic calendar	88–89
Discordian calendar	1538
Ethiopian calendar	364–365
Hebrew calendar	4132–4133
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	428–429
- Shaka Samvat	294–295
- Kali Yuga	3473–3474
Holocene calendar	10372
Iranian calendar	250 BP – 249 BP
Islamic calendar	258 BH – 257 BH
Julian calendar	372 CCCLXXII
Korean calendar	2705
Minguo calendar	1540 before ROC 民前1540年
Seleucid era	683/684 AG
Thai solar calendar	914–915

Statue of Xie An (China)

Year 372 (CCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Modestus and Arintheus (or, less frequently, year 1125 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 372 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

Roman Empire

• Emperor Valentinian I is engaged in operations against the Alamanni, Quadi and Sarmatians, while his subordinates are dealing with Firmus, Roman usurper, in Africa and the Picts in Britain.

Europe

• The Huns attack the Tervingi on the Dniester, overwhelming them with light cavalry (horse archers) and devastating the settlements of the Goths. King Athanaric is defeated and seeks refuge in the Carpathian Mountains (Romania).
• Athanaric starts building new defensive works to protect his people against the Alans and the Huns.

China

• Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi is dethroned as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is replaced by his granduncle Sima Yu, who is installed as Jin Jianwendi.
• September 12 – Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi. Empress Chu Suanzi serves as regent, but decisions are made by the high officials Xie An and Wang Tanzhi.
• The first diplomatic ties are established between the Korean kingdom of Baekje and the Chinese court of the Jin Dynasty.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The national academy of Chinese learning, called Taehak, is established in the kingdom of Goguryeo (Korea).

Religion

• Gregory of Nyssa becomes bishop.
• Buddhism is adopted as the official religion of Gorguryeo.
• Saint Augustine adopts Manichaeism.
• Valentinian I bans Manichaean meetings.

Births

• Pei Songzhi, Chinese historian (d. 451)

Deaths

• Jin Jianwendi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 320)
• Maximus of Ephesus, Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
• Sabbas the Goth, Christian reader and saint (b. 334)