994
This article is about the year 994. For the number, see 994 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 960s 970s 980s – 990s – 1000s 1010s 1020s |
| Years: | 991 992 993 – 994 – 995 996 997 |
| 994 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 994 CMXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1747 |
| Armenian calendar | 443 ԹՎ ՆԽԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5744 |
| Bengali calendar | 401 |
| Berber calendar | 1944 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1538 |
| Burmese calendar | 356 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6502–6503 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3690 or 3630 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3691 or 3631 |
| Coptic calendar | 710–711 |
| Discordian calendar | 2160 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 986–987 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4754–4755 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1050–1051 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 916–917 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4095–4096 |
| Holocene calendar | 10994 |
| Iranian calendar | 372–373 |
| Islamic calendar | 383–384 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōryaku 5 (正暦５年) |
| Julian calendar | 994 CMXCIV |
| Korean calendar | 3327 |
| Minguo calendar | 918 before ROC 民前918年 |
| Seleucid era | 1305/1306 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1536–1537 |
Year 994 (CMXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Sweyn Forkbeard marries Sigrid the Haughty.
- Otto III reaches his majority and begins to rule Germany in his own right.
- Aethelred II pays £16,000 of Danegeld to Olaf Trygvasson.
Middle East
- September 15 – Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid victory over a Byzantine army led by Michael Bourtzes
By topic
Astronomy
- An increase in carbon-14 concentration recorded in tree rings suggests that a strong solar storm may have hit the earth in either 993 or 994.
Births
- November 7 – Ibn Hazm, Arab philosopher (d. 1069)
- Simeon, first Norman abbot of Ely Abbey
- Imam Bayhaqi Eminent Scholar of Islamic Faith
Deaths
- Margrave Leopold I of Austria
- Sigeric the Serious
References
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