Explore 38 historical events from 990–999.
The Fatimid Caliphate, also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate that existed from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a d…
Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
Ulrich of Augsburg, sometimes spelled Uodalric or Odalrici, was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the first saint to be canonised not by a local authority …
Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.
Conrad I, called the Peaceful, was King of Burgundy from 937 until his death in 993.
Conrad I, King of Burgundy (born c. 925)
Hyeonjong, personal name Wang Sun, was the 8th ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was a grandson of the dynastic founder King Taejo. He was appointed by the military leader K…
Hyeonjong of Goryeo, Korean king (died 1031)
Al-Qaid Jawhar ibn Abdallah was a Fatimid general of Croatian origin who led the conquest of Maghreb, and subsequently the conquest of Egypt, for the 4th Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Mu'…
Jawhar as-Siqilli, Fatimid statesman
Mieszko I was Duke of Poland from 960 until his death in 992 and the founder of the first unified Polish state, the Civitas Schinesghe. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was the fi…
Mieszko I of Poland (born 935)
Conan I, nicknamed Le Tort, was the Duke of Brittany from 990 to his death.
Conan I of Rennes, Duke of Brittany
Queen Heonjeong of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan, or formally called as Grand Queen Mother Hyosuk during her son's reign, was a Goryeo royal family member as the third daughter of Wang …
Heonjeong, Korean queen (born 966)
Volkold of Meissen was the second Bishop of Meissen.
Volkold, bishop of Meissen
The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 or 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and hi…
Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings…
Theophanu Skleraina was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of the Empire during the minority of their son, Emperor Otto III, from 983 until…
Theophanu, Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 960)
Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, died at the Battle of Maldon. His name is composed of the Old English beorht (bright) and nōþ (courage). He is the subject of The Battle of Maldon, a…
Byrhtnoth, English soldier (born 956)
Ekkehard II, called Palatinus, was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall who became known for his sequence poetry.
Ekkehard II, Swiss monk and abbot
Fujiwara no Kaneie was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period. He also was known as Hōkō-in Daijin and Higashi-sanjō-dono.
Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (born 929)