Explore 34 historical events from 980–989.
Pandulf II was the prince of Salerno (981), the second of such princes of the family of the princes of Capua. He was originally appointed heir to the childless Gisulf I of Salerno…
Pandulf II, Lombard prince
Landulf IV was the prince of Capua and Benevento from 968, when he was associated with his father, Pandulf Ironhead, and prince of Salerno associated with his father from 977 or 9…
Landulf IV, Lombard prince
Abu'l-Qasim Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi, known to the Byzantine Greeks as Bolkasimos (Βολκάσιμος), was the third Emir of Sicily. He ruled from June 23, 970 to his death in battle on …
Abu'l-Qasim, Kalbid emir of Sicily
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
Ramiro Garcés was the first King of Viguera, since the establishment of the kingdom in 970 until his death in 981. He was the eldest son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona with his se…
Ramiro Garcés, king of Viguera
Xue Juzheng was a scholar-official who successively served the Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou and Song dynasties. He was one of the chief ministers of the Song dynasty from 973 u…
Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian
Gyeongjong, personal name Wang Chu, was the fifth ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the eldest son of King Gwangjong, and was confirmed as Crown Prince in the year of hi…
Gyeongjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (born 955)
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
Mokjong, personal name Wang Song, was the seventh ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.
Mokjong of Goryeo, Korean king (died 1009)
Emperor Ichijō was the 66th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Ichijō, Japanese emperor (died 1011)