985
year
985 (CMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 985th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 985th year of the 1st millennium, the 85th year of the 10th century, and the 6th year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 985, 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: | 982 983 984 – 985 – 986 987 988 |
| 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 |
Events
change- Barcelona sacked by Al-Mansur
- Greenland colonized by Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (the date is according to legend but has been established as at least approximately correct – see History of Greenland)
- Lady Wulfruna founded the town that later became the city of Wolverhampton
- Henry the Wrangler restored as Duke of Bavaria
- Rajaraja Chola I becomes the Chola Emperor and brings in another golden era of Chola Empire
Births
change- Emma of Normandy, Queen of England and first Queen Mother of England; mother of Edward the Confessor and aunt of William the Conqueror (died 1055)