983
year
983 (CMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 983rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 983rd year of the 1st millennium, the 83rd year of the 10th century, and the 4th year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 983, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 980 981 982 – 983 – 984 985 986 |
| Gregorian calendar | 983 CMLXXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1736 |
| Armenian calendar | 432 ԹՎ ՆԼԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5733 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 904–905 |
| Bengali calendar | 390 |
| Berber calendar | 1933 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1527 |
| Burmese calendar | 345 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6491–6492 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 3679 or 3619 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3680 or 3620 |
| Coptic calendar | 699–700 |
| Discordian calendar | 2149 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 975–976 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4743–4744 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1039–1040 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 904–905 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4083–4084 |
| Holocene calendar | 10983 |
| Iranian calendar | 361–362 |
| Islamic calendar | 372–373 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengen 6 / Eikan 1 (永観元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 884–885 |
| Julian calendar | 983 CMLXXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3316 |
| Minguo calendar | 929 before ROC 民前929年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −485 |
| Seleucid era | 1294/1295 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1525–1526 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1109 or 728 or −44 — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1110 or 729 or −43 |
Events
changeBy place
changeAsia
change- Wood carvers paid by China's Song Dynasty complete a carving of the entire Buddhist canon for printing (130,000 total blocks are made).
- The reign of Amir Adhad ad-Dowleh of Buwayhid ends.
- Sharaf ad-Dawla becomes Amir Buwayhid.
- The Khazar Empire ends.
- Emperor Shengzong leads a Liao Dynasty expeditionary force against the Zubu.
- One of the Four Great Books of Song, the encyclopedia Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era is finished in 1,000 volumes of 4.7 million written Chinese characters.
Europe
change- Otto III becomes King of Germany after the death of Otto II.
- Veronese donation during the diet of Verona. Otto gave the Rheingau to the archbishopric of Mainz
By topic
changeReligion
change- December – Pope John XIV becomes the 136th pope after Pope Benedict VII died.