980 (CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 1st millennium, the 80th year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 980, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 9th century10th century11th century
Decades: 950s  960s  970s  – 980s –  990s  1000s  1010s
Years: 977 978 979980981 982 983
980 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar980
CMLXXX
Ab urbe condita1733
Armenian calendar429
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Assyrian calendar5730
Balinese saka calendar901–902
Bengali calendar387
Berber calendar1930
Buddhist calendar1524
Burmese calendar342
Byzantine calendar6488–6489
Chinese calendar己卯(Earth Rabbit)
3676 or 3616
    — to —
庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
3677 or 3617
Coptic calendar696–697
Discordian calendar2146
Ethiopian calendar972–973
Hebrew calendar4740–4741
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1036–1037
 - Shaka Samvat901–902
 - Kali Yuga4080–4081
Holocene calendar10980
Iranian calendar358–359
Islamic calendar369–370
Japanese calendarTengen 3
(天元3年)
Javanese calendar881–882
Julian calendar980
CMLXXX
Korean calendar3313
Minguo calendar932 before ROC
民前932年
Nanakshahi calendar−488
Seleucid era1291/1292 AG
Thai solar calendar1522–1523
Tibetan calendar阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
1106 or 725 or −47
    — to —
阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
1107 or 726 or −46

Events

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Births

for more information, see Category:980 births.