982
year
Year 982 (CMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
Years: | 979 980 981 – 982 – 983 984 985 |
EventsEdit
By placeEdit
AmericasEdit
- Greenland is discovered by Erik the Red (the first known European contact with North America).
EuropeEdit
- July 13 – The Kalbids troops of the emir of Sicily defeat the imperial German army of Otto II near Crotone.
AsiaEdit
- 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.[1]
By topicEdit
ReligionEdit
- Adalbert becomes Bishop of Prague.
BirthsEdit
- Emma of Normandy
- Atisha, Bengali Buddhist saint
DeathsEdit
- July 13 – Pandulf II of Salerno and Landulf IV of Benevento (at the Battle of Stilo near Crotone)
- Emperor Jingzong of Liao
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts _ Hospitals". Retrieved January 30, 2013.