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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 960s 970s 980s – 990s – 1000s 1010s 1020s |
| Years: | 993 994 995 – 996 – 997 998 999 |
| 996 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 996 CMXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1749 |
| Armenian calendar | 445 ԹՎ ՆԽԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -848 – -847 |
| Berber calendar | 1946 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1540 |
| Burmese calendar | 358 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6504 – 6505 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年十二月初八日 (3632/3692-12-8) — to —
丙申年十一月十九日(3633/3693-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | 712 – 713 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 988 – 989 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4756 – 4757 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1051 – 1052 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 918 – 919 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4097 – 4098 |
| Holocene calendar | 10996 |
| Iranian calendar | 374 – 375 |
| Islamic calendar | 385 – 386 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3329 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1539 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- March/April—Pope John XV dies before being able to crown Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. Otto resides in Pavia while waiting for the election of the next Pope.
- May 21—Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by his cousin Pope Gregory V.
- October 24—Hugh Capet, King of France dies and is succeeded by his son Robert II of France.
- November 1—Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
[edit] Asia
- Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah, fifth Fatimid Caliph in Egypt, dies and is succeeded by his son Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
- The Niujie Mosque is constructed in Beijing.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- May 3—Pope Gregory V succeeds Pope John XV as the 138th pope. He was 24-year-old Bruno of Carinthia, grandson of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and first cousin of Otto III. He is the first German Pope.
[edit] Births
- Drogo of Mantes, count of Valois and the Vexin
[edit] Deaths
- March/April—Pope John XV
- October 24—Hugh Capet, King of France (b. 938)
- November 20—Richard I of Normandy
- Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah, fifth Fatimid Caliph in Egypt
- Li Fang, Chinese scholar and encyclopedist (born 925)
