986

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.

986 in other calendars

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	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3682 or 3622     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 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 (寛和２年)
Javanese calendar	887–888
Julian calendar	986 CMLXXXVI
Korean calendar	3319
Minguo calendar	926 before ROC 民前926年
Nanakshahi calendar	−482
Seleucid era	1297/1298 AG
Thai solar calendar	1528–1529
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Wood-Bird) 1112 or 731 or −41     — to — མེ་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dog) 1113 or 732 or −40

Events

• 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

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Deaths

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