982

Year 982 (CMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
982 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar982
CMLXXXII
Ab urbe condita1735
Armenian calendar431
ԹՎ ՆԼԱ
Assyrian calendar5732
Balinese saka calendar903–904
Bengali calendar389
Berber calendar1932
Buddhist calendar1526
Burmese calendar344
Byzantine calendar6490–6491
Chinese calendar辛巳年 (Metal Snake)
3678 or 3618
     to 
壬午年 (Water Horse)
3679 or 3619
Coptic calendar698–699
Discordian calendar2148
Ethiopian calendar974–975
Hebrew calendar4742–4743
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1038–1039
 - Shaka Samvat903–904
 - Kali Yuga4082–4083
Holocene calendar10982
Iranian calendar360–361
Islamic calendar371–372
Japanese calendarTengen 5
(天元5年)
Javanese calendar883–884
Julian calendar982
CMLXXXII
Korean calendar3315
Minguo calendar930 before ROC
民前930年
Nanakshahi calendar−486
Seleucid era1293/1294 AG
Thai solar calendar1524–1525
Tibetan calendar阴金蛇年
(female Iron-Snake)
1108 or 727 or −45
     to 
阳水马年
(male Water-Horse)
1109 or 728 or −44
Otto II (the Red) (955–983)

Events

Europe

  • Summer Emperor Otto II (the Red) assembles an imperial expeditionary force at Taranto, and proceeds along the gulf coast towards Calabria. In the meantime, Emir Abu'l-Qasim (Kalbid) of the Emirate of Sicily declares a Holy War (jihad) against the Germans, but his forces retreat when he notices the unexpected strength of Otto's troops (not far from Rossano).
  • July 13 (or 14) Battle of Stilo: Abu'l-Qasim is cornered by the imperial German forces led by Otto II at Cape Colonna (south of Crotone). After a violent clash, the German heavy cavalry destroys the Muslim centre, killing al-Qasim in the initial fighting. The Saracens hold together and draw Otto into a trap, encircling and defeating his forces (killing around 4,000 men).[1]
  • King Harald Bluetooth invades Norway, pillaging southwest Norway all the way to Stad, where he encounters Haakon Sigurdsson (the de facto ruler of Norway) and his army. He flees back to Denmark, ending the invasion.

Asia

  • 'Adud al-Dawla, emir (king of kings) of the Buyid Dynasty, concludes a 10-year peace treaty with the Byzantine Empire. He establishes what will soon become the most important hospital of Baghdad.[2]
  • The Indian Rashtrakuta Dynasty ends as its last ruler Indra IV commits Sallekhana (the Jain religious practice of voluntarily starving oneself to death).
  • October 13 Chinese Emperor Jingzong dies in camp during a hunting trip after a 13-year reign. He is succeeded by his 11-year-old son, Shengzong, as ruler of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty. His mother, Empress Dowager Xiao Yanyan becomes the regent.[3]

Exploration

Religion

  • Adalbert becomes bishop of Prague after the death of Dětmar (or Dietmar).

Births

  • Atiśa, Bengali Buddhist religious leader (d. 1054)
  • Dirk III (or Theodoric), count of Holland (d. 1039)
  • Judith of Brittany, duchess of Normandy (d. 1017)

Deaths

  • January 2 Dětmar (or Dietmar), bishop of Prague
  • July 13 (or 14) Battle of Stilo:
    • Abu'l-Qasim, Kalbid emir of Sicily
    • Gunther, margrave of Merseburg
    • Henry I, bishop of Augsburg
    • Landulf IV, Lombard prince
    • Pandulf II, Lombard prince
  • October 13 Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 948)
  • November 26 Matilda, queen of Burgundy (or 981)
  • Abu'l Haret Muhammad, Farighunid ruler (approximate date)
  • Abu'l-Husain Utbi, Samanid vizier
  • Al-Hasan ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Tughj, Ikhshidid prince and regent
  • Eadwine, ealdorman of Sussex (approximate date)
  • Gao Huaide, Chinese general (b. 926)
  • Indra IV, Rashtrakuta ruler (India)
  • Jordan, bishop of Poland (or 984)
  • Otto I, duke of Swabia and Bavaria (b. 954)
  • Senorina, Galician abbess and saint
  • Shabbethai Donnolo, Jewish physician (b. 913)
  • Wang Pu, Chinese chancellor (b. 922)

References

  1. Reuter, Timothy (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 255. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
  2. "Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts_Hospitals". Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  3. Twitchett, Denis C.; Franke, Herbert; Fairbank, John King (1978). The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368. Cambridge University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-521-24331-5.
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