Information about 996
| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11st century |
| Decades: | 960s 970s 980s - 990s - 1000s 1010s 1020s |
| Years: | 993 994 995 - 996 - 997 998 999 |
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| Gregorian calendar | BC CMXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1749 |
| Armenian calendar | 445 ԹՎ ՆԽԵ |
| Bah' calendar | -848 – -847 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1540 |
| Chinese calendar | 3632/3692-8-5 (乙未年八月初五日) — to — 3633/3693-7-15(丙申年七月十五日) |
| Coptic calendar | 712 – 713 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 988 – 989 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4756 – 4757 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1051 – 1052 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 918 – 919 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4097 – 4098 |
| Holocene calendar | 10996 |
| Iranian calendar | 374 – 375 |
| Islamic calendar | 386 – 387 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1656 (皇紀1656年) |
| Julian calendar | 1041 |
| Korean calendar | 3329 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1539 |
Events
By Place
Europe
- March/April — Pope John XV dies before being able to crown Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. Otto resides in Pavia while waiting for the election of the next Pope.
- May 21 — Sixteen year old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by his cousin Pope Gregory V.
- October 24 — Hugh Capet, King of France dies and is succeeded by his son Robert II of France.
- November 1 — Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name OstarrĂ®chi (Austria in Old High German).
Asia
- Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah, fifth Fatimid Caliph in Egypt dies and is succeeded by his son Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
- Niujie Mosque constructed in Beijing
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Religion
- May 3 — Pope Gregory V succeeds Pope John XV as the 138th pope. He was twenty-four year old Bruno of Carinthia, grandson of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and first cousin of Otto III. He is the first German Pope.
Births
- Drogo of Mantes, count of Valois and the Vexin
Deaths
- March/April — Pope John XV
- October 24 — Hugh Capet, King of France (b. 938)
- November 20 — Richard I of Normandy
- Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah, fifth Fatimid Caliph in Egypt
- Li Fang, Chinese scholar and encyclopedist (born 925)
- Upper Paleolithic
- 10th millennium BC | 9th millennium BC | 8th millennium BC
- 7th millennium BC | 6th millennium BC | 5th millennium BC
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As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900.
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Western European
"Dark Ages" applied later to this period
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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000.
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Overview
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During the twentieth century, it became popular to look at that century's decades as historical entities in themselves.
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During the twentieth century, it became popular to look at that century's decades as historical entities in themselves.
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Events and Trends
- Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus (965).
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- Sweyn I of Denmark invades England.
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- Canute invades England.
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Twenty-first century
- 2100 - 2099 - 2098 - 2097 - 2096 - 2095 - 2094 - 2093 - 2092 - 2091
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- Egypt -
- :Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah, Fatimid Caliph, (975-996
- :Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid Caliph, (996-1021)
- Ifriqiya - Badis ibn Mansur, Zirid ruler (995-1016)
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Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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Ab Urbe condita (literally, "from the city, having been founded") is a monumental history of Rome, from its legendary founding (ab Urbe condita, dated to 753 BC by Varro and most modern scholars). The book was written by Titus Livius (around 59 BC–AD 17).
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Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. It begins in AD 552 as the start of the Armenian era.
Dates are marked by the letters ԹՎ
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Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Sri Lanka in several related forms. It is a lunisolar calendar having months that are alternately 29 and 30 days, with an intercalated day and a 30-day
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Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. In China today, the Gregorian calendar is used for most day to day activities, but the Chinese calendar is still used for marking traditional Chinese holidays such
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar. To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy
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Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer), also called the
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Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הלוח העברי) or Jewish calendar is the calendar used by Jews for religious purposes.
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Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization, and today there are several regional Indian calendars, as well as an Indian national calendar. In Pakistan it is called 'desi' or native calendar.
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