Year 372 (CCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Valentinian I is against the Alamanni, Quadi and Sarmatians. His subordinates are dealing with Firmus, Roman usurper, in Africa and the Picts in Britain.
Europe
- The Huns attack the Tervingi on the Dniester.
China
- Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi is dethroned as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is replaced by Jin Jianwendi.
- September 12 – Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi. Empress Chu Suanzi serves as regent.
- The first diplomatic ties are made 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 made in the kingdom of Goguryeo (Korea).
Religion
Births
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)