Explore 25 historical events from 980–989.
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
Adaldag was the seventh archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, from 937 until his death.
Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
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)
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī was a Persian astronomer.
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (born 903)
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
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
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
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
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…
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
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…
Adaldag was the seventh archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, from 937 until his death.
Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
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
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)
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…
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
Geoffrey I of Anjou, known as Grisegonelle, was count of Anjou from 960 to 987.
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī was a Persian astronomer.
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Muslim astronomer (born 903)
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
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
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
Dietrich of Metz was Bishop of Metz from 964 until his death.
Dietrich I, bishop of Metz
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
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.
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
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
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
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)