999
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This article is about the year 999. For other uses, see 999 (number).
For other uses, see 999 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 960s 970s 980s - 990s - 1000s 1010s 1020s |
| Years: | 996 997 998 - 999 - 1000 1001 1002 |
Year 999 (CMXCIX) was a common year of the Julian Calendar.
| 999 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 999 CMXCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1752 |
| Armenian calendar | 448 ԹՎ ՆԽԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -845 – -844 |
| Berber calendar | 1949 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1543 |
| Burmese calendar | 361 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6507 – 6508 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十二月十一日 (3635/3695-12-11) — to —
己亥年十一月廿一日(3636/3696-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 715 – 716 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 991 – 992 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4759 – 4760 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1054 – 1055 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 921 – 922 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4100 – 4101 |
| Holocene calendar | 10999 |
| Iranian calendar | 377 – 378 |
| Islamic calendar | 389 – 390 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3332 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1542 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland.
- The Orsay commune is founded.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- April 2 — Gerbert of Aurillac becomes Pope Silvester II and succeeds Pope Gregory V as the 139th pope.
- Sigmundur Brestisson introduces Christianity in the Faroe Islands.
- Christianity is adopted in Iceland.
[edit] Births
- Bao Qingtian, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (d. 1062)
[edit] Deaths
- February 7 — Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia
- February 18 — Pope Gregory V
- December 16 — Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
- December - Elisabeth of Vendôme, wife of Fulk III of Anjou (aka Fulk the Black)
- Maredudd ab Owain, King of Gwynedd
