985
Year 985 (CMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| Gregorian calendar | 985 CMLXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1738 |
| Armenian calendar | 434 ԹՎ ՆԼԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5735 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 906–907 |
| Bengali calendar | 392 |
| Berber calendar | 1935 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1529 |
| Burmese calendar | 347 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6493–6494 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3681 or 3621 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3682 or 3622 |
| Coptic calendar | 701–702 |
| Discordian calendar | 2151 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 977–978 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4745–4746 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1041–1042 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 906–907 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4085–4086 |
| Holocene calendar | 10985 |
| Iranian calendar | 363–364 |
| Islamic calendar | 374–375 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikan 3 / Kanna 1 (寛和元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 886–887 |
| Julian calendar | 985 CMLXXXV |
| Korean calendar | 3318 |
| Minguo calendar | 927 before ROC 民前927年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −483 |
| Seleucid era | 1296/1297 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1527–1528 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1111 or 730 or −42 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1112 or 731 or −41 |
Statue of Lady Wulfrun (c. 935–1005)
Events
By place
Europe
- Summer – Henry II (the Wrangler) is restored as duke of Bavaria by Empress Theophanu and her mother-in-law Adelaide at an Hoftag assembly in Rohr (Thuringia). King Otto III (5-years old) remains under the regency of the two empresses in the Holy Roman Empire and in the Kingdom of Italy.[1]
- Battle of Fýrisvellir: King Eric the Victorious defeats a Swedish Viking army under Styrbjörn the Strong (his nephew) near Uppsala.
- July 6 – The city of Barcelona is sacked by Moorish troops under Al-Mansur, the de facto ruler of Al-Andalus (modern-day Spain).[2]
England
- Lady Wulfrun, an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, is granted land by King Æthelred II (the Unready). She founds Heantune that later becomes the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.[3]
Asia
- Raja Raja Chola I (considered by many as the greatest emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes ruler of the Chola Dynasty. During his reign he expands his domains beyond South India.
By topic
Exploration
- Greenland is colonized by the Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (according to legend, but has been established as approximately correct – see History of Greenland).
Religion
- July 20 – Anti-Pope Boniface VII dies under suspicious circumstances at Rome. He is succeeded by John XV as the 137th pope of the Catholic Church.
Births
- August 13 – Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (d. 1021)
- Adalbert, margrave of Austria (approximate date)
- Boniface III, margrave of Tuscany (approximate date)
- Gilbert Buatère, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
- Gisela (or Gizella), queen of Hungary (d. 1065)
- John Gualbert, Italian monk and abbot (d. 1073)
- Hamza ibn 'Ali ibn-Ahmad, founding leader of the Druze
- Maria of Amalfi, Lombard duchess and regent
- Osmond Drengot, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
- Pilgrim, archbishop of Cologne (approximate date)
- Radbot, German nobleman (approximate date)
- Rodulfus Glaber, French monk and chronicler (d. 1047)
- Theobald II, French nobleman (approximate date)
- Wazo, bishop of Liège (approximate date)
- Zhao Yuanyan, prince of the Song Dynasty (d. 1044)
Deaths
- January 31 – Ryōgen, Japanese monk and abbot (b. 912)
- June 26 – Ramiro III, king of León (Spain) (b. 961)
- July 20 – Boniface VII, pope of the Catholic Church
- August 25 – Dietrich of Haldensleben, German margrave
- Basil Lekapenos, Byzantine chief minister (b. 925)
- Chen Hongjin, Chinese warlord and general (b. 914)
- Herbert III (the Old), Frankish nobleman (b. 910)
- Hywel ap Ieuaf, king of Gwynedd (Wales)
- Judith, duchess regent of Bavaria (b. 925)
- Kishi Joō, Japanese female waka poet (b. 929)
- Marzuban ibn Muhammad, Shaddadid emir
- Muirgus mac Domnaill, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)
- Rikdag, margrave of Meissen (Germany)
- Styrbjörn the Strong, Swedish Viking ruler
- Tornike Eristavi, Georgian general and monk
- Valtoke Gormsson, Danish Viking nobleman
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References
- Reuter, Timothy (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 256. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
- Boissonade, B. (1934). "Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)". Bulletin Hispanique. 36 (1): 5–28. doi:10.3406/hispa.1934.2607.
- "Lady Wulfruna c. 935-1005, Founder of the City". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
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