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Year '''239''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Asia ====
* [[Cao Fang]] succeeds his adoptive father [[Cao Rui]] as emperor of the [[Cao Wei]] state, in the [[Three Kingdoms]] period of [[China]].<ref name=Crespigny>{{cite book|last1=Crespigny|first1=Rafe de|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD)|date=2006|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789047411840|page=47|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=49OvCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA47|language=en}}</ref>
* A Chinese expeditionary force from the [[Eastern Wu]] state discovers the island of [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Taiwan |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica]] |date=June 6, 2021 |last=Cooper |first= John C.|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Taiwan/Sports-and-recreation#ref337516 |access-date=June 9, 2021 }}</ref>
* Queen of [[Yamataikoku]] (Japan), [[Himiko]] was given Golden signature stamp by [[Cao Wei]] (China)

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Origen]] publishes the [[Old Testament]] in five languages (approximate date).
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== Deaths ==
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Cao Rui]] (or '''Yuanzhong'''), Chinese emperor (b. [[206]])<ref name=Crespigny />
* [[Lu Mao]] (or '''Zizhang'''), Chinese official and politician
* [[Pan Jun]] (or '''Chengming'''), Chinese official and general

== References ==
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