385
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 3rd century – 4th century – 5th century |
| Decades: | 350s 360s 370s – 380s – 390s 400s 410s |
| Years: | 382 383 384 – 385 – 386 387 388 |
| Gregorian calendar | 385 CCCLXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1138 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5135 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 306–307 |
| Bengali calendar | −208 |
| Berber calendar | 1335 |
| Buddhist calendar | 929 |
| Burmese calendar | −253 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5893–5894 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3081 or 3021 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3082 or 3022 |
| Coptic calendar | 101–102 |
| Discordian calendar | 1551 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 377–378 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4145–4146 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 441–442 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 306–307 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3485–3486 |
| Holocene calendar | 10385 |
| Iranian calendar | 237 BP – 236 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 244 BH – 243 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 268–269 |
| Julian calendar | 385 CCCLXXXV |
| Korean calendar | 2718 |
| Minguo calendar | 1527 before ROC 民前1527年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1083 |
| Seleucid era | 696/697 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 927–928 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 511 or 130 or −642 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 512 or 131 or −641 |
385 was a common year starting on Wednesday.
Events
- Jinsa of Baekje becomes the 16th king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje.
- Copper extraction and casting begins in the mines of Kansanshi in southernmost Africa.
- Ammianus Marcellinus begins writing a history covering the years 96 to 378.
- The Serapeum in Alexandria is destroyed.
- Aurelios Zopyros becomes the last reported athlete at the Ancient Olympic Games.
Births
- Avitus, Western Roman Emperor
- Murong Chao, emperor of the Xianbei state Southern Yan
- Murong Xi, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan
- Saint Patrick, missionary in Ireland
- Paulus Orosius, historian and theologian
- Xie Lingyun, Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern Dynasties
Deaths
- Aelia Flaccilla, Roman empress and wife of Theodosius I
- Chimnyu, king of Baekje (Korea)
- Dao An, Buddhist monk of the Jin Dynasty
- Fú Jiān, emperor of the Chinese Di state Former Qin
- Murong Wei, emperor of the Xianbei state Former Yan