991
This article is about the year 991. For the number, see 991 (number). For the car, see Porsche 991.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 960s 970s 980s – 990s – 1000s 1010s 1020s |
| Years: | 988 989 990 – 991 – 992 993 994 |
| 991 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 991 CMXCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1744 |
| Armenian calendar | 440 ԹՎ ՆԽ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5741 |
| Bengali calendar | 398 |
| Berber calendar | 1941 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1535 |
| Burmese calendar | 353 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6499–6500 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3687 or 3627 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3688 or 3628 |
| Coptic calendar | 707–708 |
| Discordian calendar | 2157 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 983–984 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4751–4752 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1047–1048 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 913–914 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4092–4093 |
| Holocene calendar | 10991 |
| Iranian calendar | 369–370 |
| Islamic calendar | 380–381 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōryaku 2 (正暦２年) |
| Julian calendar | 991 CMXCI |
| Korean calendar | 3324 |
| Minguo calendar | 921 before ROC 民前921年 |
| Seleucid era | 1302/1303 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1533–1534 |
Year 991 (CMXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- Bakjur tries to capture Aleppo, but is defeated, captured and executed by the Hamdanid emir Sa'd al-Dawla with Byzantine assistance.
Europe
- August 10 – Battle of Maldon: The Anglo-Saxons are defeated by Viking invaders led by Olaf Tryggvason, later Olaf I of Norway.
- Sweyn I of Denmark recovers his throne.
Births
- Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Earl of Orkney
- Abdullah Yousef, of Kuwait
Deaths
- Theophanu, empress, mother of Otto III (b. 956)
- Emperor En'yū, emperor of Japan (b. 959)
References
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