980
Year 980 (CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Gregorian calendar | 980 CMLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1733 |
| Armenian calendar | 429 ԹՎ ՆԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5730 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 901–902 |
| Bengali calendar | 387 |
| Berber calendar | 1930 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1524 |
| Burmese calendar | 342 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6488–6489 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3676 or 3616 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3677 or 3617 |
| Coptic calendar | 696–697 |
| Discordian calendar | 2146 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 972–973 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4740–4741 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1036–1037 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 901–902 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4080–4081 |
| Holocene calendar | 10980 |
| Iranian calendar | 358–359 |
| Islamic calendar | 369–370 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengen 3 (天元３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 881–882 |
| Julian calendar | 980 CMLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 3313 |
| Minguo calendar | 932 before ROC 民前932年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −488 |
| Seleucid era | 1291/1292 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1522–1523 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1106 or 725 or −47 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1107 or 726 or −46 |
Vladimir I (the Great) (c. 958–1015)
Events
Europe
- Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) at Margut. Lothair renounces his claim on Lower Lorraine, while Otto promises to recognize Lothair's son Louis V as the rightful heir of the West Frankish Kingdom.
- June 11 – Vladimir I (the Great), grand prince of Kiev, consolidates the Kievan realm from modern Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. Vladimir is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.
- Fall – Otto II sets off on his first expedition to Italy. He leaves the government in the hands of Archchancellor Willigis. Otto is accompanied by his wife, Empress Theophanu.[1]
- Winter – Otto II celebrates Christmas with his family at Ravenna. He receives the Iron Crown of Lombardy as the King of Italy.
- King Harald Bluetooth orders the construction of the Viking ring fortress of Trelleborg (modern Denmark).
England
- Viking raids from Scandinavia threaten the southern English coast after a pause of 25 years. Hampshire and the Isle of Thanet are ravaged.
Arabian Empire
- The Dari dialect (which will become the major language of Persia) is developed in the royal courts of the Samanid Empire in Central Asia.
Africa
- The Kilwa Sultanate, centered at Kilwa (an island off modern Tanzania), is founded by Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi, Persian prince of Shiraz.[2]
Religion
- Notker (or Notger), Frankish Benedictine monk and bishop, founds the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (modern Belgium) which will remain an independent state inside the Holy Roman Empire for more than 800 years.
Births
- July 5 – Mokjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1009)
- July 15 – Ichijō, emperor of Japan (d. 1011)
- Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Persian scholar (d. 1037)
- Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjani, Persian physician (d. 1070)
- Adalbero, German nobleman (approximate date)
- Avicenna, Persian polymath (approximate date)
- Baldwin IV (the Bearded), French nobleman (d. 1035)
- Bardo, German abbot and archbishop (approximate date)
- Benedict VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1024)
- Einar Thambarskelfir, Norwegian nobleman (d. 1050)
- Ekkehard IV, Swiss chronicler (approximate date)
- Farrukhi Sistani, Persian poet (approximate date)
- Geoffrey I, French nobleman (d. 1008)
- Herman I, German nobleman (approximate date)
- Humbert I, founder of the House of Savoy (approximate date)
- Pope Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1061)
- Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden (approximate date)
- Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1002)
- Sviatopolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date)
- Tancred of Hauteville, Norman nobleman (d. 1041)
- Theodora Porphyrogenita, Byzantine empress (d. 1056)
- Xuedou Chongxian, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 1052)
Deaths
- February 15 – Berthold, German nobleman (approximate date)
- September 28 – Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (b. 918)
- Dado (or Dodon), Italian nobleman (approximate date)
- Domnall ua Néill (or Donal O'Neill), High King of Ireland
- Eoghan Ua Cathain, abbot of Clonfert (Ireland)
- Gunnhild, Norwegian Viking queen (approximate date)
- Ibn Khalawayh, Persian scholar and grammar (or 981)
- Liu Chang, emperor of Southern Han (b. 942)
- Yaropolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date)
References
- Reuter, Timothy (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 254. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
- James Hastings (2003). Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics - Part 24, p. 847 (Kessinger Publishing).
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