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994 (CMXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 994th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 994th year of the 1st millennium, the 94th year of the 10th century, and the 5th year of the 990s decade. As of the start of 994, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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Events
By place
Europe
- Sweyn Forkbeard marries Sigrid the Haughty.
- Otto III reaches his majority and begins to rule Germany.
- 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
Births
- November 7 – Ibn Hazm, Arab philosopher (d. 1069)
- Simeon, first Norman abbot of Ely Abbey
- Imam Bayhaqi Scholar of Islamic Faith
Deaths
- Margrave Leopold I of Austria
- Sigeric the Serious
- John Weir the Great, King of the Nords
References
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