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Gregorian calendar | 997 CMXCVII |
Ab urbe condita | 1750 |
Armenian calendar | 446 ԹՎ ՆԽԶ |
Assyrian calendar | 5747 |
Balinese saka calendar | 918–919 |
Bengali calendar | 404 |
Berber calendar | 1947 |
Buddhist calendar | 1541 |
Burmese calendar | 359 |
Byzantine calendar | 6505–6506 |
Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3693 or 3633 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3694 or 3634 |
Coptic calendar | 713–714 |
Discordian calendar | 2163 |
Ethiopian calendar | 989–990 |
Hebrew calendar | 4757–4758 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1053–1054 |
- Shaka Samvat | 918–919 |
- Kali Yuga | 4097–4098 |
Holocene calendar | 10997 |
Iranian calendar | 375–376 |
Islamic calendar | 386–387 |
Japanese calendar | Chōtoku 3 (長徳3年) |
Javanese calendar | 898–899 |
Julian calendar | 997 CMXCVII |
Korean calendar | 3330 |
Minguo calendar | 915 before ROC 民前915年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −471 |
Seleucid era | 1308/1309 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1539–1540 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1123 or 742 or −30 — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1124 or 743 or −29 |
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Year 997 (CMXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- The first documented reference, to the city of Gdańsk, is made.
- Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia, by Boleslaus I of Poland.
- Samuil of Bulgaria is crowned Tsar by Pope Gregory V.
- Trondheim, Norway is founded by King Olav Tryggvason.[1] This will function as the main city and capital of Norway, until Bergen is founded in 1070.
- In Spain, the Muslim de facto ruler of al-Andalus, al-Mansur, with the support of the Christian Portuguese knights, sacks one of Christendom's holiest sites of pilgrimage, Santiago de Compostella. On their way, they sack the cities of Zamora and Leon.
- In Southern Italy, Smaragdos and Peter lead a rebellion against Byzantine rule.[2]
Births
- Alan III, Duke of Brittany
- Rhys ap Tewdwr
- Bertha of Milan, duchess consort and regent of Turin.
- Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, Danish noblewoman (d. 1069) (approximate date)
Deaths
- April 23 – Saint Adalbert of Prague (martyred)
- July 23 – Nuh II, Samanid emir (b. 963)
- Emperor Taizong of Song
- Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
- Máel Coluim, King of Strathclyde
- Waldrada of Tuscany, dogaressa of Venice
- Teresa Ansúrez, Leonese regent.
References
- ↑ Christine Schefte (20 June 2012). "Hva husker du fra 1000-årsjubileet?" (in Norwegian). Adress. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ↑ France, John (1991). "The occasion of the coming of the Normans to southern Italy". Journal of Medieval History. 17 (1): 183–203. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(91)90033-H.
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