| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 960s 970s 980s - 990s - 1000s 1010s 1020s |
| Years: | 994 995 996 - 997 - 998 999 1000 |
| 997 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 997 CMXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1750 |
| Armenian calendar | 446 ԹՎ ՆԽԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -847 – -846 |
| Berber calendar | 1947 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1541 |
| Burmese calendar | 359 |
| Chinese calendar | 3633/3693-11-20 (丙申年十一月二十日) — to —
3634/3694-11-29(丁酉年十一月廿九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 713 – 714 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 989 – 990 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4757 – 4758 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1052 – 1053 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 919 – 920 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4098 – 4099 |
| Holocene calendar | 10997 |
| Iranian calendar | 375 – 376 |
| Islamic calendar | 386 – 387 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3330 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1540 |