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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 960s 970s 980s – 990s – 1000s 1010s 1020s |
| Years: | 992 993 994 – 995 – 996 997 998 |
| 995 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 995 CMXCV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1748 |
| Armenian calendar | 444 ԹՎ ՆԽԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -849 – -848 |
| Berber calendar | 1945 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1539 |
| Burmese calendar | 357 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6503 – 6504 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年十一月廿七日 (3631/3691-11-27) — to —
乙未年十二月初七日(3632/3692-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 711 – 712 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 987 – 988 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4755 – 4756 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1050 – 1051 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 917 – 918 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4096 – 4097 |
| Holocene calendar | 10995 |
| Iranian calendar | 373 – 374 |
| Islamic calendar | 384 – 385 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3328 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1538 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Erik Segersäll is succeeded by Olof Skötkonung, the first baptized ruler of Sweden (see Swedish monarchs).
- Basil II lifts the siege of Aleppo by mounting his entire army and transferring it across Anatolia in sixteen days.
- Constantine III becomes king of Scotland.
- Boleslaus II of Bohemia massacres the Slavnik's dynasty at Libice.
- Olaf Tryggvason is crowned king of Norway and builds the country's first church.
[edit] Asia
- The Liao Dynasty sends a patent of investiture to the new Goryeo king.
[edit] Births
- Canute the Great (approximate) (d. 1035)
- Guido of Arezzo, Italian musician (d. 1050)
- Abolfazl Beyhaghi, Persian historian and author (d. 1077)
- Olaf II of Norway (d.1030)
[edit] Deaths
- February 5—William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
- Erik Segersäll, King of Sweden 970–995 (b. c. 945)
- Henry II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 951)
- Kenneth II of Scotland (possibly murdered)
- Haakon Sigurdsson earl (and de facto ruler) of Norway
