988
Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
Adaldag was the seventh archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, from 937 until his death.
Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
The 980s
Explore 34 historical events from 980–989.
Notable Events
988
Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland
Dirk II or Theoderic II was a count in West Frisia, and ancestor of the counts of Holland. He was the son and heir of Dirk I and his wife Geva.
Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland
988
Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (born 909)
Dunstan was an English bishop and Benedictine monk. He was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canoni…
Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (born 909)
987
Louis V, king of West Francia (born c
Louis V, also known as Louis the Lazy, was a king of West Francia from 979 to his early death in 987. During his reign, the nobility essentially ruled the country. Dying childless,…
Louis V, king of West Francia (born c
986
1040 years ago
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (born 903)
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī was a Persian astronomer.
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (born 903)
981
1045 years ago
Adalbert, archbishop of Magdeburg
Adalbert of Magdeburg, sometimes incorrectly shortened to "Albert", known as the Apostle of the Slavs, was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg and a successful missionary to the Pola…
Adalbert, archbishop of Magdeburg
980
Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The…
Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea
985
Ramiro III, king of León
Ramiro III, king of León (966–984), was the son of Sancho the Fat and his successor at the age of only five.
Ramiro III, king of León
987
Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French…
Hugh Capet was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and Hedwige of Saxon…
Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French…
988
The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and…
Glúniairn, in Old Norse Járnkné, was a Norse-Gael king of Dublin of the Uí Ímair kindred which ruled over much of the Scandinavianised and Norse-Gael parts of Great Britain and Ir…
The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and…
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988
Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
Adaldag was the seventh archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, from 937 until his death.
Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
988
Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland
Dirk II or Theoderic II was a count in West Frisia, and ancestor of the counts of Holland. He was the son and heir of Dirk I and his wife Geva.
Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland
988
The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and…
Glúniairn, in Old Norse Járnkné, was a Norse-Gael king of Dublin of the Uí Ímair kindred which ruled over much of the Scandinavianised and Norse-Gael parts of Great Britain and Ir…
The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and…
988
Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (born 909)
Dunstan was an English bishop and Benedictine monk. He was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canoni…
Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (born 909)
987
Louis V, king of West Francia (born c
Louis V, also known as Louis the Lazy, was a king of West Francia from 979 to his early death in 987. During his reign, the nobility essentially ruled the country. Dying childless,…
Louis V, king of West Francia (born c
987
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey I of Anjou, known as Grisegonelle, was count of Anjou from 960 to 987.
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou
987
Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French…
Hugh Capet was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and Hedwige of Saxon…
Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French…
986
1040 years ago
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat…
The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan pen…
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat…
986
1040 years ago
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (born 903)
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī was a Persian astronomer.
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (born 903)
986
1040 years ago
Minnborinus, Irish missionary and abbot
Minnborinus of Cologne was an Irish abbot and saint active in Germany.
Minnborinus, Irish missionary and abbot
986
1040 years ago
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the battle of the Gates of Trajan near…
The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan pen…
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the battle of the Gates of Trajan near…
985
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (died 1021)
Abu Ali al-Mansur, better known by his regnal name al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, was the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili imam (996–1021). Al-Hakim is an important figure in a number…
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (died 1021)
985
Ramiro III, king of León
Ramiro III, king of León (966–984), was the son of Sancho the Fat and his successor at the age of only five.
Ramiro III, king of León
985
Boniface VII, antipope of Rome
Antipope Boniface VII, otherwise known as Franco Ferrucci, was a Catholic prelate who claimed the Holy See in 974 and from 984 until 985. A popular tumult compelled him to flee to …
Boniface VII, antipope of Rome
985
Dietrich of Haldensleben, German margrave
Dietrich of Haldensleben was a count in the Schwabengau, later also in the Nordthüringgau and the Derlingau, who was the first Margrave of the Northern March from 965 until the Gre…
Dietrich of Haldensleben, German margrave
984
Crescentius the Elder, Italian politician and aristocrat
Crescentius the Elder, also known as Crescenzio de Theodora, was a politician and aristocrat in Rome who played a part in the papal appointments of Pope Benedict VI and Pope Bonifa…
Crescentius the Elder, Italian politician and aristocrat
984
Dietrich I, bishop of Metz
Dietrich of Metz was Bishop of Metz from 964 until his death.
Dietrich I, bishop of Metz
984
Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester
Æthelwold of Winchester was Bishop of Winchester from 963 to 984 and one of the leaders of the tenth-century monastic reform movement in Anglo-Saxon England.
Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester
984
Pope John XIV
Pope John XIV, born Peter Canepanova, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from December 983 until his death. Upon the death of Pope Benedict VII in July 983, Emper…
Pope John XIV
983
Benedict VII, pope of the Catholic Church
Pope Benedict VII was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from October 974 to his death on 10 July 983.
Benedict VII, pope of the Catholic Church
982
King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
Otto II, called the Red, was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, he was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and …
King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
982
Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria.
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period, was th…
Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria.
982
Gunther, margrave of Merseburg
Gunther was the Margrave of Merseburg from 965 until his death, upon which the march of Merseburg was united to that of Meissen.
Gunther, margrave of Merseburg
982
Henry I, bishop of Augsburg
Henri I of Augsburg was the count of Geisenhausen and the bishop of Augsburg from 973 to his death. He succeeded Saint Ulrich of Augsburg. A bellicose warrior-bishop, under him the…
Henry I, bishop of Augsburg