988
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988 by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 988 CMLXXXVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1741 |
Armenian calendar | 437 ԹՎ ՆԼԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 5738 |
Balinese saka calendar | 909–910 |
Bengali calendar | 395 |
Berber calendar | 1938 |
Buddhist calendar | 1532 |
Burmese calendar | 350 |
Byzantine calendar | 6496–6497 |
Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3684 or 3624 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3685 or 3625 |
Coptic calendar | 704–705 |
Discordian calendar | 2154 |
Ethiopian calendar | 980–981 |
Hebrew calendar | 4748–4749 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1044–1045 |
- Shaka Samvat | 909–910 |
- Kali Yuga | 4088–4089 |
Holocene calendar | 10988 |
Iranian calendar | 366–367 |
Islamic calendar | 377–378 |
Japanese calendar | Eien 2 / Eiso 1 (永祚元年) |
Javanese calendar | 889–890 |
Julian calendar | 988 CMLXXXVIII |
Korean calendar | 3321 |
Minguo calendar | 924 before ROC 民前924年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −480 |
Seleucid era | 1299/1300 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1530–1531 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1114 or 733 or −39 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1115 or 734 or −38 |
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Year 988 (CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- The Liao Dynasty adopts civil service examinations in the Southern Chancellery, based on Tang Dynasty models.
Europe
- The offensive of al-Mansur against the Christian kingdoms continues. He attacks the heart of the kingdom of León. King Bermudo II has to escape to Zamora; the city of León resists four days but is taken, sacked and burned; Zamora is forced to surrender, and the king flees to Galicia.
- Dublin, Ireland is founded.
- The city of Odense, Denmark is founded.
- Kievan Rus' accepts Christianity.
- The Rus'–Byzantine War continues.
By topic
Religion
- Baptism of Kievan Rus': Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev marries Anna, sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II and converts to Christianity.
- Abbo becomes abbot at Fleury.
- The Mezhyhirskyi Monastery is founded by Michael of Kiev.
Births
- Tilopa, Indian tantric practitioner and mahasiddha
- Empress Shōshi, Empress of Japan
Deaths
- May 19 – Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 909)
- Qian Chu – last King of Wuyue
- Judith of Hungary, princess
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