| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 976 977 978 - 979 - 980 981 982 |
| 979 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 979 CMLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1732 |
| Armenian calendar | 428 ԹՎ ՆԻԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -865 – -864 |
| Berber calendar | 1929 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1523 |
| Burmese calendar | 341 |
| Chinese calendar | 3615/3675-11-30 (戊寅年十一月三十日) — to —
3616/3676-12-10(己卯年十二月初十日) |
| Coptic calendar | 695 – 696 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 971 – 972 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4739 – 4740 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1034 – 1035 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 901 – 902 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4080 – 4081 |
| Holocene calendar | 10979 |
| Iranian calendar | 357 – 358 |
| Islamic calendar | 368 – 369 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3312 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1522 |
Events
By Place
Europe
- The Tynwald (parliament) of the Isle of Man is founded. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends Simple940s Zh-yue940年代 Events and Trends Simple950s Zh-yue950年代 Events and Trends Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus ( 965) Simple970s Zh-yue970年代 Events and Trends 983 — Pagan West Slavs revolt temporarily ending attempts at conversion and forcing abandonment of German sees and monasteries east Events and Trends Sei Shōnagon writes The Pillow Book. Simple990s Zh-yue990年代 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century For the 976 telephone prefix see Premium-rate telephone number Events By Place Byzantine Empire January 10 — Events By Place Europe Saint Æthelwold of Winchester, Bishop of Winchester, rebuilds the western end of the Old Minster Events By Place Europe Badìa Fiorentina, an abbey in Florence, Italy, is founded by Willa Margravine of Tuscany Events By Place Europe Otto II renounces his claim to Lorraine. Events By Place Europe The great Viking explorer Eric the Red-haired leaves Norway to survey an island west of Iceland Events By Place Americas Greenland is discovered by Erik the Red (the first known European contact with North 978 state leaders - Events of 979 - 980 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Fatimid Caliphate The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Tynwald (Tinvaal or more formally the High Court of Tynwald (Ard-whaiyl Tinvaal is the Bicameral Legislature of the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical
- Foundation of the city of Brussels: a 'castrum' on an island on the river Senne (Brabant, Belgium). Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is The Zenne The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those
Africa
- Jawhar as-Siqilli is dismissed as Vizir of Egypt, and replaced by Yaqub ibn Killis. Gawhar the Sicilian (born c 928-930 died 992 ( Arabic: جوهر الصقلي) also called al-Rumi (the Greek main Transliteration: Gawhar A Vizier ( - wazīr) (sometimes also spelled Vazir Vizir Vasir Wazir Vesir, or Vezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many western Asian This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Yaqub ibn Killis (يعقوب ابن كليس (b 930 in Baghdad; d
Asia
- March 24 — The Battle of Pankalia: a combined Byzantine-Georgian force defeats Bardas Sklerus, an organizer of the large-scale rebellion in the Byzantine empire's Asian provinces. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland The Battle of Pankalia (Pancalia was fought between the army loyal to the Byzantine emperor Basil II and the forces of the rebel general Bardas Skleros Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Bardas Skleros or Sclerus was a Byzantine general who led a wide-scale Asian Rebellion against Emperor Basil II in 976-979
- The Song Dynasty destroys the Northern Han State. The Song Dynasty ( Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ao was a ruling dynasty in China between 960&ndash1279 CE it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms This article is about the Northern Han in the Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- August 1 — Battle of the Gaoliang River: The Liao Dynasty defeats Song Dynasty forces near present-day Beijing. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman The Liao Dynasty ( 907 - 1125, also known as the Khitan Empire (契丹國 was an empire in northern China that ruled over the regions of Manchuria The Song Dynasty ( Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ao was a ruling dynasty in China between 960&ndash1279 CE it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Births
- Estrid of the Obotrites, future wife of king Olof Skötkonung of Sweden
- Otto, Count of Vermandois
Deaths
- Iago ab Idwal, King of Gwynedd
- 'Imran
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