996
year
996 (CMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 996th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 996th year of the 1st millennium, the 96th year of the 10th century, and the 7th year of the 990s decade. As of the start of 996, 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: | 993 994 995 – 996 – 997 998 999 |
| Gregorian calendar | 996 CMXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1749 |
| Armenian calendar | 445 ԹՎ ՆԽԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5746 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 917–918 |
| Bengali calendar | 403 |
| Berber calendar | 1946 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1540 |
| Burmese calendar | 358 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6504–6505 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3692 or 3632 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3693 or 3633 |
| Coptic calendar | 712–713 |
| Discordian calendar | 2162 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 988–989 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4756–4757 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1052–1053 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 917–918 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4096–4097 |
| Holocene calendar | 10996 |
| Iranian calendar | 374–375 |
| Islamic calendar | 385–386 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōtoku 2 (長徳２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 897–898 |
| Julian calendar | 996 CMXCVI |
| Korean calendar | 3329 |
| Minguo calendar | 916 before ROC 民前916年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −472 |
| Seleucid era | 1307/1308 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1538–1539 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1122 or 741 or −31 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1123 or 742 or −30 |
Events
change- March/April – Pope John XV dies before being able to crown Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. Otto resides in Pavia while waiting for the election of the next Pope.
- May 3 – Twenty-four year old Bruno of Carinthia, grandson of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and first cousin of Otto III, is elected Pope Gregory V. He is the first German Pope.
- May 21 – Sixteen year old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by his cousin Pope Gregory V.
- October 24 – Hugh Capet, King of France dies and is succeeded by his son Robert II of France.
- Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah, fifth Caliph in Egypt dies and is succeeded by his son Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
- November 1 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
- Niujie Mosque constructed in Beijing