| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s - 980s - 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 978 979 980 - 981 - 982 983 984 |
| 981 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 981 CMLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1734 |
| Armenian calendar | 430 ԹՎ ՆԼ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -863 – -862 |
| Berber calendar | 1931 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1525 |
| Burmese calendar | 343 |
| Chinese calendar | 3617/3677-11-23 (庚辰年十一月廿三日) — to — 3618/3678-12-3(辛巳年十二月初三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 697 – 698 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 973 – 974 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4741 – 4742 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1036 – 1037 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 903 – 904 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4082 – 4083 |
| Holocene calendar | 10981 |
| Iranian calendar | 359 – 360 |
| Islamic calendar | 370 – 371 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3314 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1524 |
Events
By Place
Europe
- The great viking explorer Eric the Red-haired leaves Norway to survey an island west of Iceland. 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 Badìa Fiorentina, an abbey in Florence, Italy, is founded by Willa Margravine of Tuscany Events By Place Europe The Tynwald (parliament of the Isle of Man is founded Events By Place Europe Otto II renounces his claim to Lorraine. 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 Asia Emperor Kazan succeeds Emperor En'yū on the throne of Japan. 980 state leaders - Events of 981 - 982 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 A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( He finds land and calls it Greenland. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat meaning "Land of the Greenlanders" Grønland is a self-governing Danish Province located between the Hundreds of land-starved Vikings board longships and head west for this so-called "Greenland. "
Asia
- The first ever Mahamasthakabhisheka ceremony, of the sacred 57 feet high monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali, is performed.
- The majestic Gommateshwara statue is built by Chavundaraya of the Western Ganga Dynasty in India. Chavundraya (ಚಾಮುಂಡರಾಯ ಚಾವುಂಡರಾಯ (or Chamundaraya, 940&ndash989 was a military commander poet and a minister in the court The Western Ganga Dynasty (350 – 1000 CE ( Kannada:ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಗಂಗ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ was an important ruling dynasty of ancient Karnataka India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
- The Bulgarians invade the Byzantine Empire.
- The first commercially made soap for shaving sells for 3 dirhams (0. SOAP (see below for name and origins is a protocol for exchanging XML -based messages over Computer networks normally using 3 dinars).
Births
Deaths
- Adalbert of Magdeburg
- Gyeongjong of Goryeo
- Olaf Cuaran
- Pandulf Ironhead
- Xue Juzheng, noted Chinese historian
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