| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s - 980s - 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 981 982 983 - 984 - 985 986 987 |
| 984 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 984 CMLXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1737 |
| Armenian calendar | 433 ԹՎ ՆԼԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -860 – -859 |
| Berber calendar | 1934 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1528 |
| Burmese calendar | 346 |
| Chinese calendar | 3620/3680-11-26 (癸未年十一月廿六日) — to —
3621/3681-12-7(甲申年十二月初七日) |
| Coptic calendar | 700 – 701 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 976 – 977 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4744 – 4745 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1039 – 1040 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 906 – 907 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4085 – 4086 |
| Holocene calendar | 10984 |
| Iranian calendar | 362 – 363 |
| Islamic calendar | 373 – 374 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3317 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1527 |
Events
By Place
Asia
- Emperor Kazan succeeds Emperor En'yū on the throne of Japan. 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 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 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 Events By Place Asia Wood carvers commissioned by China's Song Dynasty complete a carving of the entire Buddhist canon Events By Place Europe Barcelona is sacked by Al-Mansur. Greenland is colonized by Icelandic Events By Place Europe March 2 — Louis V becomes King of the Franks. Events By Place Europe Hugh Capet, Count of Paris, is crowned King of France. 983 state leaders - Events of 984 - 985 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 Emperor Kazan (花山天皇 Kazan-tennō) ( October 26, 968 – February 8, 1008) was the 65th emperor of Japan Emperor En'yū (円融天皇 En'yū-tennō) ( March 2, 959 - February 12, 991) was the 64th emperor of Japan For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
- The Song Dynasty Chinese engineer Qiao Wei innovates the first known use of the double-gated canal pound lock for adjusting different water levels in segments of the Grand Canal of China. 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 The Song Dynasty (宋朝 960–1279 CE provided some of the most significant technological advances in Chinese history, many of which came from talented statesmen A pound lock is type of lock that is used almost exclusively nowadays on Canals and Rivers A pound lock has a chamber (the pound) with The Grand Canal of China ( also known as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal ( is the longest ancient Canal or artificial River in the world This dramatically helps the passage of ships in segments with rougher waters leading slightly downhill. Qiao also has roof hangers built over the segments where double gates are installed, increasing the amount of safety for passing ships.
Europe
- Henry II, Duke of Bavaria abducts the child king Otto III. Henry II (951&ndash995 called the Wrangler or the Quarrelsome, in German Heinrich der Zänker, was the son of Henry I and Judith of Bavaria Otto III (980 &ndash January 23, 1002) was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire.
- The settlement of Greenland is begun by the Norse. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat meaning "Land of the Greenlanders" Grønland is a self-governing Danish Province located between the Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who speak one of the North Germanic languages as their native language
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Religion
- Antipope Boniface VII murders Pope John XIV. Boniface VII (Franco Ferrucci died July 20, 985) was an Antipope (974 984&ndash985 John XIV (died August 20, 984) was Pope from December 983 to August 20 984 successor to Pope Benedict VII (974&ndash983 He was
Births
- Ch'oe Ch'ung, Korean scholar
- Canute the Great, Emperor of the North
Deaths
The Korean people are an East Asian Ethnic group. Most Koreans speak the Korean language. } Canute the Great, also known as Cnut in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, or Knut ( Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki, Norwegian John XIV (died August 20, 984) was Pope from December 983 to August 20 984 successor to Pope Benedict VII (974&ndash983 He was Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Gerberga of Saxony (c 913&ndash 5 May, 984) was a daughter of Henry the Fowler, King of Germany, and Matilda of Ringelheim.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic