984
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This article is about the year 984.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 981 982 983 – 984 – 985 986 987 |
| 984 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 984 CMLXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1737 |
| Armenian calendar | 433 ԹՎ ՆԼԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5734 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -860–-859 |
| Bengali calendar | 391 |
| Berber calendar | 1934 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1528 |
| Burmese calendar | 346 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6492–6493 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸未年十一月廿六日 (3620/3680-11-26) — to —
甲申年十二月初七日(3621/3681-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 700–701 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 976–977 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4744–4745 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1040–1041 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 906–907 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4085–4086 |
| Holocene calendar | 10984 |
| Iranian calendar | 362–363 |
| Islamic calendar | 373–374 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3317 |
| Minguo calendar | 928 before ROC 民前928年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1527 |
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Year 984 (CMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
- Emperor Kazan succeeds Emperor En'yū on the throne of Japan.
- The Song Dynasty Chinese engineer Qiao Wei innovates the first known use of the double-gated canal pound lock for adjusting different water levels in segments of the Grand Canal of China. This dramatically helps the passage of ships in segments with rougher waters leading slightly downhill. Qiao also has roof hangers built over the segments where double gates are installed, increasing the amount of safety for passing ships.
[edit] Europe
- Henry II, Duke of Bavaria abducts the child king Otto III.
- The settlement of Greenland is begun by the Norse.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- August 20 – Antipope Boniface VII murders Pope John XIV.
[edit] Births
- Ch'oe Ch'ung, Korean scholar
- Canute the Great, Emperor of the North
[edit] Deaths
- May 5 – Gerberga of Saxony
- Pope John XIV
- Buluggin ibn Ziri, first official ruler of the Zirid dynaty.
