980s

The 980s decade ran from January 1, 980, to December 31, 989.

980

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By place

Europe

• Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) at Margut, ending the Franco-German war of 978–980. Lothair renounces his claim on Lower Lorraine, while Otto promises to recognize Lothair's son Louis V as the rightful heir of the West Frankish Kingdom.
• June 11 – Vladimir I (the Great), grand prince of Kiev, consolidates the Kievan realm from modern Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. Vladimir is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.
• Fall – Otto II sets off on his first expedition to Italy. He leaves the government in the hands of Archchancellor Willigis. Otto is accompanied by his wife, Empress Theophanu.^[1]
• Winter – Otto II celebrates Christmas with his family at Ravenna. He receives the Iron Crown of Lombardy as the King of Italy.
• King Harald Bluetooth orders the construction of the Viking ring fortress of Trelleborg (modern Denmark).

England

• Viking raids from Scandinavia threaten the southern English coast after a pause of 25 years. Hampshire and the Isle of Thanet are ravaged.

Arabian Empire

• The Dari dialect (which will become the major language of Persia) is developed in the royal courts of the Samanid Empire in Central Asia.

Africa

• The Kilwa Sultanate, centered at Kilwa (an island off modern Tanzania), is founded by Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi, Persian prince of Shiraz.^[2]

By topic

Religion

• Notker (or Notger), Frankish Benedictine monk and bishop, founds the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (modern Belgium) which will remain an independent state inside the Holy Roman Empire for more than 800 years.

Significant people

• At-Ta'i
• Pope John XV

Births

Transcluding articles: 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, and 989

980

• July 5 – Mokjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1009)
• July 15 – Ichijō, emperor of Japan (d. 1011)
• Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Persian scholar (d. 1037)
• Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjani, Persian physician (d. 1070)
• Adalbero, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Avicenna, Persian polymath (approximate date)
• Baldwin IV (the Bearded), French nobleman (d. 1035)
• Bardo, German abbot and archbishop (approximate date)
• Benedict VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1024)
• Einar Thambarskelfir, Norwegian nobleman (d. 1050)
• Ekkehard IV, Swiss chronicler (approximate date)
• Farrukhi Sistani, Persian poet (approximate date)
• Geoffrey I, French nobleman (d. 1008)
• Herman I, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Humbert I, founder of the House of Savoy (approximate date)
• Pope Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1061)
• Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden (approximate date)
• Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1002)
• Sviatopolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date)
• Tancred of Hauteville, Norman nobleman (d. 1041)
• Theodora Porphyrogenita, Byzantine empress (d. 1056)
• Xuedou Chongxian, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 1052)

981

• Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi, Arab statesman (d. 1027)
• Giovanni Orseolo, Venetian nobleman (d. 1006)
• Li Deming, Chinese general and rebel leader (d. 1032)
• Theodora, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire (d. 1056)^[22]
• Torstein Knarresmed, Norse Viking warrior (approximate date)
• Vladivoj, duke of Bohemia (approximate date)

982

• Atiśa, Bengali Buddhist religious leader (d. 1054)
• Dirk III (or Theodoric), count of Holland (d. 1039)
• Judith of Brittany, duchess of Normandy (d. 1017)

983

• Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Umayyad chief minister (d. 1009)^[23]
• Anthony of Kiev, Rus' monk and saint (d. 1073)
• Gunnlaugr Ormstunga, Icelandic poet (approximate date)
• Odo II, French nobleman and pretender (d. 1037)
• Wulfnoth Cild, Anglo-Norse nobleman (approximate date)

984

• Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad, founder of the Abbadid dynasty (d. 1042)
• Choe Chung, Korean Confucian scholar and poet (d. 1068)
• Emma of Normandy, noblewoman, queen consort of England (twice), Denmark and Norway (d. 1052; approximate date)

985

• August 13 – Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (d. 1021)
• Adalbert, margrave of Austria (approximate date)
• Boniface III, margrave of Tuscany (approximate date)
• Gilbert Buatère, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
• Gisela (or Gizella), queen of Hungary (d. 1065)
• John Gualbert, Italian monk and abbot (d. 1073)
• Hamza ibn 'Ali ibn-Ahmad, founding leader of the Druze
• Maria of Amalfi, Lombard duchess and regent
• Osmond Drengot, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
• Pilgrim, archbishop of Cologne (approximate date)
• Radbot, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Rodulfus Glaber, French monk and chronicler (d. 1047)
• Theobald II, French nobleman (approximate date)
• Wazo, bishop of Liège (approximate date)
• Zhao Yuanyan, prince of the Song Dynasty (d. 1044)

986

• Al-Qushayri, Persian Sufi scholar and theologian (d. 1072)
• Æthelstan Ætheling, son of Æthelred II (the Unready) (d. 1014)
• Bezprym (or Besfrim), duke of Poland (approximate date)
• Constance of Arles, French queen (approximate date)
• Lê Long Đĩnh, emperor of the Lê Dynasty (d. 1009)
• Poppo, archbishop of Trier (approximate date)
• Reginald I, count palatine of Burgundy (d. 1057)

987

• Al-Mahdi al-Husayn, Zaidi imam of Yemen (d. 1013)
• Ibn Hayyan, Moorish writer and historian (d. 1075)
• Li, imperial consort of the Song Dynasty (d. 1032)
• Liu Yong, Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty (d. 1053)

988

• Ali ibn Ridwan, Arab physician and astrologer (d. 1061)
• Matilda of Swabia, German noblewoman (d. 1032)
• Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1075)
• Nōin, Japanese monk and waka poet (d. 1051)
• Pang Ji, chancellor of the Song dynasty (d. 1063)
• Shōshi, empress consort of Japan (d. 1074)
• Stephen I, king of Croatia (approximate date)
• Tilopa, Indian tantric practitioner (d. 1069)

989

• September 5 – Fan Zhongyan, chancellor of the Song Dynasty (d. 1052)
• Adémar de Chabannes, French monk and historian (d. 1034)
• Al-Jayyānī, Arab scholar and mathematician (d. 1079)
• Chaghri Beg, co-ruler of the Seljuk Empire (d. 1060)
• Regelinda, margravine of Meissen (approximate date)

Deaths

Transcluding articles: 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, and 989

980

• February 15 – Berthold, German nobleman (approximate date)
• September 28 – Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (b. 918)
• Dado (or Dodon), Italian nobleman (approximate date)
• Domnall ua Néill (or Donal O'Neill), High King of Ireland
• Eoghan Ua Cathain, abbot of Clonfert (Ireland)
• Gunnhild, Norwegian Viking queen (approximate date)
• Ibn Khalawayh, Persian scholar and grammar (or 981)
• Liu Chang, emperor of Southern Han (b. 942)
• Yaropolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date)

981

• February 12 – Ælfstan, bishop of Ramsbury
• June 20 – Adalbert, archbishop of Magdeburg
• July 9 – Ramiro Garcés, king of Viguera (Spain)
• July 12 – Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian
• August 13 – Gyeongjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 955)
• Abu'l-Faraj Muhammad, Buyid nobleman and statesman
• Amlaíb Cuarán, Viking king of Scandinavian York
• Ibn Khalawayh, Persian scholar and grammar (or 980)
• Pandulf Ironhead, prince of Benevento and Capua
• Slavník, founder of the Slavník dynasty (Bohemia)
• Wigger I, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Zhao Defang, prince of the Song dynasty (b. 959)

982

• January 2 – Dětmar (or Dietmar), bishop of Prague
• July 13 (or 14) – Battle of Stilo:
  • Abu'l-Qasim, Kalbid emir of Sicily
  • Gunther, margrave of Merseburg
  • Henry I, bishop of Augsburg
  • Landulf IV, Lombard prince
  • Pandulf II, Lombard prince
• October 13 – Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 948)
• November 26 – Matilda, queen of Burgundy (or 981)
• Abu'l Haret Muhammad, Farighunid ruler (approximate date)
• Abu'l-Husain Utbi, Samanid vizier
• Al-Hasan ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Tughj, Ikhshidid prince and regent
• Eadwine, ealdorman of Sussex (approximate date)
• Gao Huaide, Chinese general (b. 926)
• Indra IV, Rashtrakuta ruler (India)
• Jordan, bishop of Poland (or 984)
• Otto I, duke of Swabia and Bavaria (b. 954)
• Senorina, Galician abbess and saint
• Shabbethai Donnolo, Jewish physician (b. 913)
• Wang Pu, Chinese chancellor (b. 922)

983

• March 26 – 'Adud al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Dynasty (b. 936)
• July 10 – Benedict VII, pope of the Catholic Church
• December 7 – Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955)
• Aed Ua Dubhda, king of Uí Fiachrach (Ireland)
• Ælfhere, Anglo-Saxon ealdorman (approximate date)
• Antony III (the Studite), patriarch of Constantinople
• Ibrahim ibn Marzuban, ruler of the Sallarid Dynasty
• Minamoto no Muneyuki, Japanese nobleman and poet
• Minamoto no Shitagō, Japanese waka poet (b. 911)
• Mu'ayyad al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Dynasty (b. 942)

984

• July 7 – Crescentius the Elder, Roman politician and aristocrat
• July 18 – Dietrich I, bishop of Metz
• August 1 – Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester
• August 20 – John XIV, pope of the Catholic Church
• September 9 – Warin, archbishop of Cologne
• Buluggin ibn Ziri, ruler (emir) of the Zirid Dynasty
• Domnall Claen, king of Leinster (Ireland)
• Edith of Wilton, English princess and abbess
• Eochaid Ua Floinn, Irish poet (approximate date)
• Gerberga, Frankish queen (approximate date)
• Jordan, bishop of Poland (or 982)
• Miró III, count of Cerdanya and Besalú (b. 920)
• Ragnhild Eriksdotter, Norse Viking noblewoman
• Shi Shouxin, Chinese general (b. 928)

985

• January 31 – Ryōgen, Japanese monk and abbot (b. 912)
• June 26 – Ramiro III, king of León (Spain) (b. 961)
• July 20 – Boniface VII, antipope of the Catholic Church^[24]
• August 25 – Dietrich of Haldensleben, German margrave
• Basil Lekapenos, Byzantine chief minister (b. 925)
• Chen Hongjin, Chinese warlord and general (b. 914)
• Herbert III (the Old), Frankish nobleman (b. 910)
• Hywel ap Ieuaf, king of Gwynedd (Wales)
• Judith, duchess regent of Bavaria (b. 925)
• Kishi Joō, Japanese female waka poet (b. 929)
• Marzuban ibn Muhammad, Shaddadid emir
• Muirgus mac Domnaill, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)
• Rikdag, margrave of Meissen (Germany)
• Tornike Eristavi, Georgian general and monk
• Harold II (Bluetooth), king of Denmark and Norway

986

• March 2 – Lothair III, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (b. 941)
• May 25 – Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer (b. 903)
• August – Yang Ye, Chinese general and governor (jiedushi)
• August 15 – Minnborinus, Irish missionary and abbot
• unknown date
  • Bahram ibn Ardashir al-Majusi, Buyid official and general^[25]
  • Cadwallon ab Ieuaf, king of Gwynedd (Wales)^[26]
• probable
  • Æthelstan Mannessune, English landowner
  • Bobo, Frankish warrior and pilgrim^[27]

987

• January 10 – Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (b. 928)
• March 30 – Arnulf II (the Younger), Frankish nobleman
• May 21 – Louis V, king of the West Frankish Kingdom
• July 13 – Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali, Ikhshidid governor^[28]
• July 21 – Geoffrey I (Greymantle), Frankish nobleman
• September 8 (approximate date) – Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois, Frankish nobleman^[29]
• November 16 – Shen Lun, Chinese scholar-official

988

• February 13 – Adalbert Atto, Lombard nobleman
• March 988 – Ishaq ibn al-Muqtadir, Arab prince
• April 28 – Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
• May 6 – Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland
• May 19 – Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury (b. 909)
• October 7 – Qian Chu, king of Wuyue (d. 929)
• Bagrat II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)
• Guerech, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
• Ieuaf (Idwal ab Idwal), king of Gwynedd (Wales)
• Judith of Hungary, queen of Poland (approximate date)
• Kalokyros Delphinas, Byzantine general (or 989)
• Sumbat II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)
• Vigrahapala II, ruler of the Pala Empire (India)
• Yelü Sha, Chinese general and statesman

989

• January 23 – Adalbero, archbishop of Reims
• April 13 – Bardas Phokas, Byzantine general
• October 5 – Henry III, duke of Bavaria (b. 940)
• Chavundaraya, Indian general, architect and poet
• Chen Tuan, Chinese Taoist monk and philosopher
• Ch'oe Sung-no, Korean politician and poet (b. 927)
• Fujiwara no Korenari, Japanese courtier (b. 953)
• Fujiwara no Yoritada, Japanese nobleman (b. 924)
• Glúniairn, Norse-Gael king of Dublin (approximate date)
• Gofraid mac Arailt, Norse-Gael king of the Isles (Hebrides)
• Kalokyros Delphinas, Byzantine general (or 988)
• Kiurike I, king of Tashir-Dzoraget (Armenia)
• Pan, Chinese princess and wife of Zhen Zong (b. 968)
• Sharaf al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Kerman and Fars (b. 960)