981
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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981 by topic |
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Leaders |
Categories |
Gregorian calendar | 981 CMLXXXI |
Ab urbe condita | 1734 |
Armenian calendar | 430 ԹՎ ՆԼ |
Assyrian calendar | 5731 |
Balinese saka calendar | 902–903 |
Bengali calendar | 388 |
Berber calendar | 1931 |
Buddhist calendar | 1525 |
Burmese calendar | 343 |
Byzantine calendar | 6489–6490 |
Chinese calendar | Canh ThìnNăm (MetalDragon) 3678 or 3471 — to — Tân tị năm (MetalSnake) 3679 or 3472 |
Coptic calendar | 697–698 |
Discordian calendar | 2147 |
Ethiopian calendar | 973–974 |
Hebrew calendar | 4741–4742 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 1037–1038 |
-Shaka Samvat | 902–903 |
-Kali Yuga | 4081–4082 |
Holocene calendar | 10981 |
Iranian calendar | 359–360 |
Islamic calendar | 370–371 |
Japanese calendar | Tengen4 ( thiên nguyên 4 năm ) |
Javanese calendar | 882–883 |
Julian calendar | 981 CMLXXXI |
Korean calendar | 3314 |
Minguo calendar | 931 beforeROC Dân trước 931 năm |
Nanakshahi calendar | −487 |
Seleucid era | 1292/1293AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1523–1524 |
Tibetan calendar | Dương kim long năm (male Iron-Dragon) 1107 or 726 or −46 — to — Âm kim xà năm (female Iron-Snake) 1108 or 727 or −45 |
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Year981(CMLXXXI) was acommon year starting on Saturday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- Spring – EmperorOtto II(the Red) leads the imperial court toRome,making the city his imperial capital, and receivesnoblesfrom all parts ofWestern Europe.Otto makes plans to conquerByzantine Italy.
- Fall – Otto II departs with an expeditionary force from Rome, and invadesApulia(SouthernItaly) to punish theSaracens.He demands a fleet fromPisa,and imposes atrade embargoagainstVenice.
- Al-Mansur,thede factoruler ofAl-Andalus,conquers and razes the city ofZamora,as part of his effort to seize theChristian-dominated north of theIberian Peninsula.
Asia
[edit]- Summer –Seongjongascends the throne ofGoryeo(Korea) after the death of his brother-in-law (and cousin), kingGyeongjong.
- The first recordedMahamastakabhishekaceremony, of the sacred 57 foot (17 m) highmonolithicstatue ofBahubali,is performed.
- TheGommateshwara statueis built byChavundaraya,minister and commander of theGanga Dynasty,inIndia(approximate date).
By topic
[edit]Exploration
[edit]- Erik the RedleavesNorway,to survey west ofIcelandinVikinglongships,that carry nearly 700 people with cattle, horses, and other necessities for starting acolonyon the island. Erik finds land and calls itGreenland.
Religion
[edit]- Spring – PopeBenedict VIIdissolves theSlavicbishopric of Merseburg,after conferring with Otto II. He issues anencyclical,forbidding the exaction of money for the conferral of anyHoly Order(known assimony).
Commerce
[edit]- The first commercially madeshaving soapsells for 3dirhams(0.3dinars).
Births
[edit]- Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi,Arab statesman (d.1027)
- Giovanni Orseolo,Venetiannobleman(d.1006)
- Li Deming,Chinese general and rebel leader (d.1032)
- Theodora,Empress of theEastern Roman Empire(d.1056)[1]
- Torstein Knarresmed,NorseVikingwarrior (approximate date)
- Vladivoj,duke ofBohemia(approximate date)
Deaths
[edit]- February 12–Ælfstan,bishop of Ramsbury
- June 20–Adalbert,archbishop ofMagdeburg
- July 9–Ramiro Garcés,king ofViguera(Spain)
- July 12–Xue Juzheng,Chinesescholar-officialand historian
- August 13–Gyeongjong,king ofGoryeo(Korea) (b.955)
- Abu'l-Faraj Muhammad,Buyidnoblemanand statesman
- Amlaíb Cuarán,Viking king ofScandinavian York
- Ibn Khalawayh,Persian scholar andgrammar(or980)
- Pandulf Ironhead,prince ofBeneventoandCapua
- Slavník,founder of theSlavník Dynasty(Bohemia)
- Wigger I,German nobleman (approximate date)
- Zhao Defang,prince of theSong Dynasty(b.959)
References
[edit]- ^"Theodora - Byzantine empress [981-1056]".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedApril 17,2018.