| Millennium: | 1st millennium | 
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: | 
| 985 by topic | 
|---|
| Leaders | 
| Categories | 
  | 
| Gregorian calendar | 985 CMLXXXV  | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1738 | 
| Armenian calendar | 434 ԹՎ ՆԼԴ  | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5735 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 906–907 | 
| Bengali calendar | 392 | 
| Berber calendar | 1935 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1529 | 
| Burmese calendar | 347 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6493–6494 | 
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3682 or 3475 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3683 or 3476  | 
| Coptic calendar | 701–702 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2151 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 977–978 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4745–4746 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1041–1042 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 906–907 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4085–4086 | 
| Holocene calendar | 10985 | 
| Iranian calendar | 363–364 | 
| Islamic calendar | 374–375 | 
| Japanese calendar | Eikan 3 / Kanna 1 (寛和元年)  | 
| Javanese calendar | 886–887 | 
| Julian calendar | 985 CMLXXXV  | 
| Korean calendar | 3318 | 
| Minguo calendar | 927 before ROC 民前927年  | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −483 | 
| Seleucid era | 1296/1297 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1527–1528 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1111 or 730 or −42 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1112 or 731 or −41  | 

Statue of Lady Wulfrun (c. 935–1005)
Year 985 (CMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Summer – Henry II (the Wrangler) is restored as duke of Bavaria by Empress Theophanu and her mother-in-law Adelaide at an Hoftag assembly in Rohr (Thuringia). King Otto III (5-years old) remains under the regency of the two empresses in the Holy Roman Empire and in the Kingdom of Italy.[1]
 - Battle of Fýrisvellir: King Eric the Victorious defeats a Swedish Viking army under Styrbjörn the Strong (his nephew) near Uppsala.
 - July 6 – The city of Barcelona is sacked by Moorish troops under Al-Mansur, the de facto ruler of Al-Andalus (modern-day Spain).[2]
 
England
- Lady Wulfrun, an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, is granted land by King Æthelred II (the Unready). She founds Heantune that later becomes the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.[3]
 
Asia
- Raja Raja Chola I (considered by many as the greatest emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes ruler of the Chola Dynasty. During his reign he expands his domains beyond South India.
 
By topic
Exploration
- Greenland is colonized by the Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (according to legend, but has been established as approximately correct – see History of Greenland).
 
Religion
- July 20 – Anti-Pope Boniface VII dies under suspicious circumstances at Rome. He is succeeded by John XV as the 137th pope of the Catholic Church.
 - Amalfitan Benedictines found the only Latin Christian monastery on Mount Athos with the support of John the Iberian. The monastery will last until 1287.
 
Births
- 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)
 
Deaths
- 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[4]
 - 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
 
References
- ↑ Reuter, Timothy (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 256. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
 - ↑ Boissonade, B. (1934). "Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)". Bulletin Hispanique. 36 (1): 5–28. doi:10.3406/hispa.1934.2607.
 - ↑ "Lady Wulfruna c. 935-1005, Founder of the City". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
 - ↑ "Boniface VII". Oxford Reference. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
 
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.