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:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	950s  960s  970s  – 980s –  990s  1000s  1010s
Years:	979 980 981 – 982 – 983 984 985

Events

By place

Americas

• Greenland is discovered by Erik the Red (the first known European contact with North America).

Europe

• July 13 – The Kalbids troops of the emir of Sicily defeat the imperial German army of Otto II near Crotone.

Asia

• Yelu Longxu becomes the sixth emperor of the Liao Dynasty.
• The Buyid ruler, 'Adud al-Dawla, start what was soon to become the most important hospital of Bagdad.

By topic

Religion

• Adalbert becomes Bishop of Prague.

Births

• Emma of Normandy
• Atisha, Bengali Buddhist saint

Deaths

• July 13 – Pandulf II of Salerno and Landulf IV of Benevento (at the Battle of Stilo near Crotone)
• Emperor Jingzong of Liao