983
This article is about the year 983. For the number, see 983 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 980 981 982 – 983 – 984 985 986 |
| 983 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 983 CMLXXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1736 |
| Armenian calendar | 432 ԹՎ ՆԼԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5733 |
| Bengali calendar | 390 |
| Berber calendar | 1933 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1527 |
| Burmese calendar | 345 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6491–6492 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 3679 or 3619 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3680 or 3620 |
| Coptic calendar | 699–700 |
| Discordian calendar | 2149 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 975–976 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4743–4744 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1039–1040 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 905–906 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4084–4085 |
| Holocene calendar | 10983 |
| Iranian calendar | 361–362 |
| Islamic calendar | 372–373 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengen 6 / Eikan 1 (永観元年) |
| Julian calendar | 983 CMLXXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3316 |
| Minguo calendar | 929 before ROC 民前929年 |
| Seleucid era | 1294/1295 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1525–1526 |
Year 983 (CMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- Wood carvers commissioned by China's Song Dynasty complete a carving of the entire Buddhist canon for printing (130,000 total blocks are produced).
- The Khazar Empire ends.
- Emperor Shengzong leads a Liao Dynasty expeditionary force against the Zubu.
- One of the Four Great Books of Song, the encyclopedia Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era is completed in 1,000 volumes of 4.7 million written Chinese characters.
- Fatimid troops under the defecting Hamdanid governor of Homs, Bakjur, attack Aleppo, but are repulsed through the intervention of Byzantine troops.
Europe
- Otto III becomes King of Germany following the death of Otto II.
- Veronese donation during the diet of Verona. Otto gifted the Rheingau to the archbishopric of Mainz
By topic
Religion
- December – Pope John XIV succeeds Pope Benedict VII as the 136th pope.
Births
Deaths
- Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
- 'Adud al-Daula
- Pope Benedict VII
- Mu'ayyad al-Daula
- Patriarch Anthony III of Constantinople
References
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