| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s - 980s - 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 985 986 987 - 988 - 989 990 991 |
| 988 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 988 CMLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1741 |
| Armenian calendar | 437 ԹՎ ՆԼԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -856 – -855 |
| Berber calendar | 1938 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1532 |
| Burmese calendar | 350 |
| Chinese calendar | 3624/3684-12-10 (丁亥年十二月初十日) — to —
3625/3685-11-20(戊子年十一月二十日) |
| Coptic calendar | 704 – 705 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 980 – 981 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4748 – 4749 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1043 – 1044 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 910 – 911 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4089 – 4090 |
| Holocene calendar | 10988 |
| Iranian calendar | 366 – 367 |
| Islamic calendar | 377 – 378 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3321 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1531 |
Events
By Place
Africa
- Al-Azhar University is founded in Cairo, Egypt (the second oldest university in the world). 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 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. Events By Topic Education Sankore University is founded in Timbuktu. Events By Place Africa Construction of the Al-Hakim Mosque begins in Cairo. This article documents the year AD 991 Events By Place Europe Battle of Maldon: The Anglo-Saxons are defeated 987 state leaders - Events of 988 - 989 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 Al-Azhar University (pronounced "az-HAR" الأزهر الشريف, "the Noble Azhar" in Egypt, founded in 975 is the chief centre of Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.
Europe
- Baile Átha Cliath (Dublin, Ireland) is founded. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland.
- The city of Odense, Denmark is founded. The city of Odense (Danish ˈoð̞ˀn̩sə) is the fourth largest city in Denmark. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe
Asia
- The Liao Dynasty adopts civil service examinations in the Southern Chancellery based on Tang Dynasty models. 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 Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by
By Topic
Religion
- Baptism of Kievan Rus': Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev marries Anna, sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II and converts to Christianity. The Christianization of Kievan Rus' took place in several stages Saint Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great ( Old Russian: Володимеръ Святославичь, c Basil II, surnamed the Bulgar-slayer (Βασίλειος Β΄ Βουλγαροκτόνος Basileios II Boulgaroktonos, 958 &ndash December 15 1025
- Abbo becomes abbot at Fleury. Abbo of Fleury (in Latin Abbo Floriacensis) also known as Abbon or Saint Abbo' (c
- Foundation of the Mezhyhirskyi Monastery by Michael of Kiev
Births
- Tilopa, Indian tantric practitioner and mahasiddha
Deaths
- May 19 — Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. The Mezhyhirskyi Monastery (Межигірський монастир was a historic Cossack monastery located near the city of Vyshhorod in Kiev Oblast Tilopa ( Tibetan; Sanskrit: Talika, 988–1069 was born in either Chativavo ( Chittagong) Bengal or Jagora Bengal Tantra ( Sanskrit: तन्त्र; " Weave " denoting continuity) tantricism or tantrism is any of several esoteric Mahasiddhas (Tibetan grub thob chen po; tul shug or tulshug; Sanskrit Maha - great Siddhas - achievers Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Dunstan (c909&ndash 19 May 988) was an Abbot of Glastonbury, a Bishop of Worcester, a Bishop of London, and an 909)
- Qian Chu
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