990
year
990 (CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 990th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 990th year of the 1st millennium, the 90th year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 990s decade. As of the start of 990, 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: | 960s 970s 980s – 990s – 1000s 1010s 1020s |
| Years: | 987 988 989 – 990 – 991 992 993 |
| Gregorian calendar | 990 CMXC |
| Ab urbe condita | 1743 |
| Armenian calendar | 439 ԹՎ ՆԼԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5740 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 911–912 |
| Bengali calendar | 397 |
| Berber calendar | 1940 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1534 |
| Burmese calendar | 352 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6498–6499 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3686 or 3626 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3687 or 3627 |
| Coptic calendar | 706–707 |
| Discordian calendar | 2156 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 982–983 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4750–4751 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1046–1047 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 911–912 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4090–4091 |
| Holocene calendar | 10990 |
| Iranian calendar | 368–369 |
| Islamic calendar | 379–380 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiso 3 / Shōryaku 1 (正暦元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 891–892 |
| Julian calendar | 990 CMXC |
| Korean calendar | 3323 |
| Minguo calendar | 922 before ROC 民前922年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −478 |
| Seleucid era | 1301/1302 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1532–1533 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1116 or 735 or −37 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1117 or 736 or −36 |
Events
change- January 1 – Kievan Rus' adopts the Julian calendar.
- Construction of the Al-Hakim Mosque begins in Cairo.
- The Pax Ecclesiae, an edict by the church in southern France attempting to outlaw acts of war against non-combatants and the clergy, is promulgated.
Births
change- Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (approximate)
- Edmund II of England, (approximate)
- Mieszko II of Poland, king of Poland from 1025 to 1031, duke from 1032 to 1034.
- Yorimichi, regent to the Japanese emperor from 1017 to 1020 and from 1020 to 1068.
- Johannes Skotus, Bishop of Mecklenburg (approximate)
Deaths
change- Kaneie, regent to the Japanese emperor from 986 to 990.
- Al-Uqlidisi, Middle-East mathematician.
- Dunash ben Labrat