996

996 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	996; CMXCVI
Ab urbe condita	1749
Armenian calendar	445; ԹՎ ՆԽԵ
Assyrian calendar	5746
Balinese saka calendar	917–918
Bengali calendar	402–403
Berber calendar	1946
Buddhist calendar	1540
Burmese calendar	358
Byzantine calendar	6504–6505
Chinese calendar	乙未年 (Wood Goat); 3693 or 3486; — to —; 丙申年 (Fire Monkey); 3694 or 3487
Coptic calendar	712–713
Discordian calendar	2162
Ethiopian calendar	988–989
Hebrew calendar	4756–4757
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1052–1053
- Shaka Samvat	917–918
- Kali Yuga	4096–4097
Holocene calendar	10996
Iranian calendar	374–375
Islamic calendar	385–386
Japanese calendar	Chōtoku 2; (長徳２年)
Javanese calendar	897–898
Julian calendar	996; CMXCVI
Korean calendar	3329
Minguo calendar	916 before ROC; 民前916年
Nanakshahi calendar	−472
Seleucid era	1307/1308 AG
Thai solar calendar	1538–1539
Tibetan calendar	阴木羊年; (female Wood-Goat); 1122 or 741 or −31; — to —; 阳火猴年; (male Fire-Monkey); 1123 or 742 or −30

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	970s; 980s; 990s ; 1000s; 1010s;
Years:	993; 994; 995; 996 ; 997; 998; 999;

Year 996 (CMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

March or 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).
In a continuing effort to expend northward, the de facto ruler of al-Andalus, al-Mansur captures the city of Astorga.
In the duchy of Normandy, peasant revolt against the Scandinavian aristocracy.^[1]

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.