985
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 982 983 984 – 985 – 986 987 988 |
| 985 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 985 CMLXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1738 |
| Armenian calendar | 434 ԹՎ ՆԼԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5735 |
| Bengali calendar | 392 |
| Berber calendar | 1935 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1529 |
| Burmese calendar | 347 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6493–6494 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3681 or 3621 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3682 or 3622 |
| Coptic calendar | 701–702 |
| Discordian calendar | 2151 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 977–978 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4745–4746 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1041–1042 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 907–908 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4086–4087 |
| Holocene calendar | 10985 |
| Iranian calendar | 363–364 |
| Islamic calendar | 374–375 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikan 3 / Kanna 1 (寛和元年) |
| Julian calendar | 985 CMLXXXV |
| Korean calendar | 3318 |
| Minguo calendar | 927 before ROC 民前927年 |
| Seleucid era | 1296/1297 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1527–1528 |
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Year 985 (CMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- July 6 – Barcelona is sacked by troops of Almanzor.[1]
- Greenland is colonized by Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (the date is according to legend but has been established as at least approximately correct – see History of Greenland).
- Lady Wulfruna founds the town that later becomes the city of Wolverhampton.
- Henry the Wrangler is restored as Duke of Bavaria.
Asia
- Rajaraja Chola I (considered by many as the greatest Emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes the Chola Emperor and brings in another golden era of Tamils and of the Chola dynasty.
By topic
Religion
- August – Pope John XV succeeds Pope John XIV as the 137th pope.
Births
- Cnut the Great (approximate) (d. 1035)
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, later sixth Fatimid Caliph in Egypt
- Radbot, Count of Habsburg (d. 1045)
Deaths
- July 20 – Antipope Boniface VII (b. c.930)
- Kishi Joō, Japanese Waka poet and lady of the court (b. 929)
References
- ↑ Boissonade, B. "Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)". Bulletin Hispanique 36 (1): 5–28. doi:10.3406/hispa.1934.2607.