996

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996 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 996
CMXCVI
Ab urbe condita 1749
Armenian calendar 445
ԹՎ ՆԽԵ
Assyrian calendar 5746
Balinese saka calendar 917–918
Bengali calendar 402–403
Berber calendar 1946
Buddhist calendar 1540
Burmese calendar 358
Byzantine calendar 6504–6505
Chinese calendar 乙未年 (Wood  Goat)
3693 or 3486
     to 
丙申年 (Fire  Monkey)
3694 or 3487
Coptic calendar 712–713
Discordian calendar 2162
Ethiopian calendar 988–989
Hebrew calendar 4756–4757
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1052–1053
 - Shaka Samvat 917–918
 - Kali Yuga 4096–4097
Holocene calendar 10996
Iranian calendar 374–375
Islamic calendar 385–386
Japanese calendar Chōtoku 2
(長徳2年)
Javanese calendar 897–898
Julian calendar 996
CMXCVI
Korean calendar 3329
Minguo calendar 916 before ROC
民前916年
Nanakshahi calendar −472
Seleucid era 1307/1308 AG
Thai solar calendar 1538–1539
Tibetan calendar 阴木羊年
(female Wood-Goat)
1122 or 741 or −31
     to 
阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
1123 or 742 or −30
Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Clm 4453 fol 24r Detail Herrscherbild.jpg
Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

Year 996 (CMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

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Events

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Europe

Africa

Asia

Japan

  • 2 March: Emperor Ichijo orders the imperial police to raid Korechika's residence; Empress Teishi (sister of Korechika) cuts her hair because of the humiliation; Takaie is arrested, Korechika is absent.
  • 5 March: Korechika returns with his head shaven and attired as a monk.

China

Vietnam

  • Emperor Lê Đại Hành personally led a campaign to conquer four tribes Đại, Phát, Đan and Ba in Ma Hoàng. The tribes were defeated and their lands then belonged to the Early Lê dynasty. [3]
  • Following the border conflict with the Song in 995, Guangxi authorities arrested Bốc Văn Dũng, a political criminal to the Early Lê dynasty, along with his followers for extradition to Đại Cồ Việt. In return, emperor Lê Đại Hành extradited the captured pirates to the Guangxi authorities and agreed to make peace with the Song dynasty. [4]

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Religion

Births

Deaths

References

  1. François Neveux, A Brief History of the Normans (Constable and Robinson, 2008) p. 74.
  2. Gil, Moshe (1997). A History of Palestine, 634–1099, pp. 369–370. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-59984-9.
  3. Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 71, vol. 1, "Kỷ nhà Lê: Đại Hành Hoàng Đế."
  4. Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 72, vol. 1, "Kỷ nhà Lê: Đại Hành Hoàng Đế."