990
Year 990 (CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 990 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 990 CMXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 1743 |
| Armenian calendar | 439 ԹՎ ՆԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5740 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 911–912 |
| Bengali calendar | 397 |
| Berber calendar | 1940 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1534 |
| Burmese calendar | 352 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6498–6499 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3686 or 3626 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3687 or 3627 |
| Coptic calendar | 706–707 |
| Discordian calendar | 2156 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 982–983 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4750–4751 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1046–1047 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 911–912 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4090–4091 |
| Holocene calendar | 10990 |
| Iranian calendar | 368–369 |
| Islamic calendar | 379–380 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiso 3 / Shōryaku 1 (正暦元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 891–892 |
| Julian calendar | 990 CMXC |
| Korean calendar | 3323 |
| Minguo calendar | 922 before ROC 民前922年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −478 |
| Seleucid era | 1301/1302 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1532–1533 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1116 or 735 or −37 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1117 or 736 or −36 |
Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (Portugal)
Events
Europe
- Al-Mansur, Chancellor and effective ruler of Al-Andalus, conquers the Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (modern Portugal), expanding the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.
- The city of Lund, Sweden is founded, during the reign of the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard (approximate date).
Africa
- The Ghana Empire takes the Berber town of Aoudaghost (modern Mauritania) as the West African nation makes further gains.
- Construction of the Al-Hakim Mosque by orders of the Fatimid vizier Gawar Al-Siqilli begins in Cairo (modern Egypt).
Births
- November 11 – Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1043)
- Adamo Abate, Italian Benedictine abbot (approximate date)
- Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la, Arab Hanbali scholar and jurist (d. 1066)
- Bi Sheng, Chinese inventor of movable type printing (d. 1051)
- Chananel ben Chushiel, Tunisian Jewish rabbi (d. 1053)
- Conrad II (the Elder), Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1039)[1]
- Edmund II (Ironside), king of England (d. 1016)
- Grigor Magistros, Armenian prince (d. 1058)
- John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg (d. 1066)
- John Vladimir, Serbian prince (approximate date)
- Kálfr Árnason, Norwegian chieftain (approximate date)
- Mieszko II, king of Poland (approximate date)
- Nissim ben Jacob, Tunisian Jewish rabbi (d. 1062)
- Theobald of Dorat, French monk and saint (d. 1070)
- Theodoric II, margrave of Lower Lusatia (d. 1034)
- Thietmar, margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (d. 1030)
- Tughril, sultan of the Seljuk Empire (d. 1063)
- Yaakov ben Yakar, German Jewish rabbi (d. 1064)
- Zhang Xian, Chinese poet and writer (d. 1078)
Deaths
- March 15 – Siegfried I (the Older), German nobleman
- March 25 – Nicodemus of Mammola, Italian monk and saint
- April 23 – Ekkehard II (the Courtier), Swiss monk and abbot
- June 15 – Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress and regent
- July 26 – Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (b. 929)
- September 16 – Folcuin, Frankish abbot of Saint Bertin
- December 10 – Folcmar (Poppo), bishop of Utrecht
- Al-Saghani, Persian astronomer and historian of science
- Al-Tamimi, Arab writer and physician (approximate date)
- Dunash ben Labrat, Arab Jewish commentator (b. 920)
- Indra Pala, ruler of the Pala Dynasty (India) (b. 960)
- Kiyohara no Motosuke, Japanese nobleman (b. 908)
- Nazif ibn Yumn, Melkite Christian mathematician and translator
- Oliba Cabreta, count of Cerdanya and Besalú (Spain)
- Qarghuyah, Hamdanid administrator and governor
- Sahl ben Matzliah, Jewish philosopher (b. 910)
- Urard Mac Coise, Irish poet (Ollamh Érenn)
References
- "Conrad II - Holy Roman emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
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