988
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
Years: | 985 986 987 – 988 – 989 990 991 |
Gregorian calendar | 988 CMLXXXVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1741 |
Armenian calendar | 437 ԹՎ ՆԼԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 5738 |
Balinese saka calendar | 909–910 |
Bengali calendar | 395 |
Berber calendar | 1938 |
Buddhist calendar | 1532 |
Burmese calendar | 350 |
Byzantine calendar | 6496–6497 |
Chinese calendar | 3684 or 3624 — to — 3685 or 3625 |
Coptic calendar | 704–705 |
Discordian calendar | 2154 |
Ethiopian calendar | 980–981 |
Hebrew calendar | 4748–4749 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1044–1045 |
- Shaka Samvat | 909–910 |
- Kali Yuga | 4088–4089 |
Holocene calendar | 10988 |
Iranian calendar | 366–367 |
Islamic calendar | 377–378 |
Japanese calendar | Eien 2 / Eiso 1 ( |
Javanese calendar | 889–890 |
Julian calendar | 988 CMLXXXVIII |
Korean calendar | 3321 |
Minguo calendar | 924 before ROC |
Nanakshahi calendar | −480 |
Seleucid era | 1299/1300 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1530–1531 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火 (female Fire-Pig) 1114 or 733 or −39 — to — 阳土 (male Earth-Rat) 1115 or 734 or −38 |
988 (CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 1st millennium, the 88th year of the 10th century, and the 9th year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 988, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- Al-Azhar University is founded in Cairo, Egypt. It is the 2nd oldest university in the world.
- Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev marries Anna, sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II and converts to Christianity. Baptism of Kievan Rus'.
- Abbo becomes abbot at Fleury
- Baile Átha Cliath (Dublin, Ireland) was founded.
- Liao Dynasty adopts civil service examinations in the Southern Chancellery based on Tang Dynasty models.
Births
[change | change source]- King Edmund II of England, English royal (died 1016)
- Tilopa, Indian tantric practitioner and mahasiddha
Deaths
[change | change source]- May 19 – Saint Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 909)