987

987 (CMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 1st millennium, the 87th year of the 10th century, and the 8th year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 987, 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:	984 985 986 – 987 – 988 989 990

987 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	987 CMLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1740
Armenian calendar	436 ԹՎ ՆԼԶ
Assyrian calendar	5737
Balinese saka calendar	908–909
Bengali calendar	394
Berber calendar	1937
Buddhist calendar	1531
Burmese calendar	349
Byzantine calendar	6495–6496
Chinese calendar	丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3683 or 3623     — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3684 or 3624
Coptic calendar	703–704
Discordian calendar	2153
Ethiopian calendar	979–980
Hebrew calendar	4747–4748
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1043–1044
- Shaka Samvat	908–909
- Kali Yuga	4087–4088
Holocene calendar	10987
Iranian calendar	365–366
Islamic calendar	376–377
Japanese calendar	Kanna 3 / Eien 1 (永延元年)
Javanese calendar	888–889
Julian calendar	987 CMLXXXVII
Korean calendar	3320
Minguo calendar	925 before ROC 民前925年
Nanakshahi calendar	−481
Seleucid era	1298/1299 AG
Thai solar calendar	1529–1530
Tibetan calendar	阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1113 or 732 or −40     — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1114 or 733 or −39

Events

• Hugh Capet, Count of Paris, crowned King of France
• Kukulcan conquers Chichen Itza

Births

• Earl Godwin of Wessex, Anglo Saxon nobleman (died 1053)
• Liu Yong, Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty

Deaths

• May 21 King Louis V of France