986
year
986 (CMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 986th year of the 1st millennium, the 86th year of the 10th century, and the 7th year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 986, 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: | 983 984 985 – 986 – 987 988 989 |
| Gregorian calendar | 986 CMLXXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1739 |
| Armenian calendar | 435 ԹՎ ՆԼԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5736 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 907–908 |
| Bengali calendar | 393 |
| Berber calendar | 1936 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1530 |
| Burmese calendar | 348 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6494–6495 |
| Chinese calendar | 3682 or 3622 — to — 3683 or 3623 |
| Coptic calendar | 702–703 |
| Discordian calendar | 2152 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 978–979 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4746–4747 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1042–1043 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 907–908 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4086–4087 |
| Holocene calendar | 10986 |
| Iranian calendar | 364–365 |
| Islamic calendar | 375–376 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanna 2 ( |
| Javanese calendar | 887–888 |
| Julian calendar | 986 CMLXXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3319 |
| Minguo calendar | 926 before ROC |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −482 |
| Seleucid era | 1297/1298 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1528–1529 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1112 or 731 or −41 — to — 阳火 (male Fire-Dog) 1113 or 732 or −40 |
Events
change- March 2 – Louis V becomes King of the Franks
- End of the reign of Emperor Kazan, emperor of Japan
- Emperor Ichijō ascends to the throne of Japan
- Explorer Bjarni Herjólfsson becomes the first inhabitant of the Old World to sight North America
- Sweyn Forkbeard becomes King of Denmark
- Song Dynasty sends armies on three fronts against the Liao Dynasty in the Sixteen Prefectures but are defeated on all fronts.
Births
- for more information, see Category:986 births.
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:986 deaths.