983
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 980 981 982 – 983 – 984 985 986 |
| 983 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 983 CMLXXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1736 |
| Armenian calendar | 432 ԹՎ ՆԼԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -861 – -860 |
| Berber calendar | 1933 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1527 |
| Burmese calendar | 345 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6491 – 6492 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年十二月十五日 (3619/3679-12-15) — to —
癸未年十一月廿五日(3620/3680-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 699 – 700 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 975 – 976 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4743 – 4744 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1038 – 1039 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 905 – 906 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4084 – 4085 |
| Holocene calendar | 10983 |
| Iranian calendar | 361 – 362 |
| Islamic calendar | 372 – 373 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3316 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1526 |
[edit] Events
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[edit] Asia
- Wood carvers commissioned by China's Song Dynasty complete a carving of the entire Buddhist canon for printing (130,000 total blocks are produced).
- The reign of Amir Adhad ad-Dowleh of Buwayhid ends.
- Sharaf ad-Dawla becomes Amir Buwayhid.
- The Khazar Empire ends.
- Emperor Shengzong leads a Liao Dynasty expeditionary force against the Zubu.
- One of the Four Great Books of Song, the encyclopedia Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era is completed in 1,000 volumes of 4.7 million written Chinese characters.
[edit] Europe
- Otto III becomes King of Germany following the death of Otto II.
- Veronese donation during the diet of Verona. Otto gifted the Rheingau to the archbishopric of Mainz
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[edit] Religion
- December—Pope John XIV succeeds Pope Benedict VII as the 136th pope.
