995

995 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar995
CMXCV
Ab urbe condita1748
Armenian calendar444
ԹՎ ՆԽԴ
Assyrian calendar5745
Balinese saka calendar916–917
Bengali calendar401–402
Berber calendar1945
Buddhist calendar1539
Burmese calendar357
Byzantine calendar6503–6504
Chinese calendar甲午年 (Wood Horse)
3692 or 3485
    — to —
乙未年 (Wood Goat)
3693 or 3486
Coptic calendar711–712
Discordian calendar2161
Ethiopian calendar987–988
Hebrew calendar4755–4756
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1051–1052
 - Shaka Samvat916–917
 - Kali Yuga4095–4096
Holocene calendar10995
Iranian calendar373–374
Islamic calendar384–385
Japanese calendarShōryaku 6 / Chōtoku 1
(長徳元年)
Javanese calendar896–897
Julian calendar995
CMXCV
Korean calendar3328
Minguo calendar917 before ROC
民前917年
Nanakshahi calendar−473
Seleucid era1306/1307 AG
Thai solar calendar1537–1538
Tibetan calendarཤིང་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་
(male Wood-Horse)
1121 or 740 or −32
    — to —
ཤིང་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་
(female Wood-Sheep)
1122 or 741 or −31
King Kenneth II of Scotland (r. 971–995)

Year 995 (CMXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Europe

  • King Eric VI (the Victorious) dies at Uppsala, after a 25-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Olof Skötkonung, as the first baptized Christian ruler of Sweden.
  • September 28 – Boleslaus II (the Pious), duke of Bohemia, storms Libice Castle and massacres the members of the Slavník Dynasty.[1]
  • Olaf Tryggvason is crowned king of Norway (until 1000) and builds the country's first Christian church.
  • Malachy captures Dublin for the third time.

Scotland

  • King Kenneth II is murdered at a banquet by Lady Finella in Fettercairn. He is succeeded by his nephew Constantine III (a son of the late King Cuilén) as ruler of Alba (Scotland).

England

  • Uhtred (the Bold), a son of Ealdorman Waltheof I of Northumbria, establishes an episcopal see at Durham and moves the monastic community of Chester-le-Street there.

Asia

  • Goryeo-Khitan War: Negotiations led by the Korean diplomat Sŏ Hŭi prevents a fullscale invasion of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty. King Seongjong accepts Liao's demands – and agrees to end the alliance with the Chinese Song Dynasty. Goryeo becomes a Liao tributary state, the Khitan army (60,000 men) withdraws while Seongjong orders the Korean border defenses strengthened.[2]

Byzantine Empire

Armenia

  • 995 Balu earthquake. It reportedly affected the Armenian areas of Balu, Cop'k (or Covk'), Palnatun (or Palin), and the districts of Hasteank and Xorjean. The areas affected were districts in what is currently the border area between Armenia and Turkey.[4]

Japan

  • 17 May - Fujiwara no Michitaka (imperial regent) dies.
  • 3 June: Fujiwara no Michikane gains power and becomes Regent.
  • 10 June: Fujiwara no Michikane dies.
  • 30 August - Retainers of Takaie clash with retainers of Michinaga, on the main street of Kyoto.
  • 4 September - Michinaga’s escort, Hata no Hisatada, is killed by Takaie’s followers.
  • 15 October - Michinaga becomes Chief of the Fujiwara Clan.

Vietnam

  • In the spring, as the commissioner of Như Hồng province of Qinzhou refused to extradite Bốc Văn Dũng, a Đại Cồ Việt political criminal,[5] more than 100 Đại Cồ Việt battleships raided Như Hồng province, plundered the residents and their food supplies before withdrawing.[6] Until the summer, 5000 Đại Cồ Việt infantry troops attacked Namzningz but were defeated.[6]

Births

  • Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Persian historian and writer (d. 1077)
  • Cnut (the Great), king of Denmark, Norway and England (d. 1035)
  • Dominic Loricatus, Italian priest and hermit (d. 1060)
  • Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine (approximate date)
  • Herman II, archbishop of Cologne (approximate date)
  • Hemma of Gurk, German noblewoman (d. 1045)
  • Olaf II Haraldsson (St. Olaf), king of Norway (d. 1030)
  • Reginar V, French nobleman (approximate date)
  • Shaykh Tusi, Persian Shia scholar (d. 1067)
  • William I, Norman nobleman (approximate date)

Deaths

  • March 30 – Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian statesman
  • May 10 – Baldwin I (or Boudewijn), bishop of Utrecht
  • May 16 – Fujiwara no Michitaka, Japanese nobleman (b. 953)
  • June 13 – Fujiwara no Michikane, Japanese nobleman (b. 961)
  • Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad, Afrighid ruler of Khwarezm
  • Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin, Zirid ruler of Ifriqiyah
  • Bernard I (the Suspicious), Frankish nobleman
  • Egill Skallagrímsson, Viking poet (approximate date)
  • Eric VI (the Victorious), Viking king of Sweden
  • García Fernández, count of Castile and Álava
  • Gebhard II, bishop of Constance (b. 949)
  • Gerberga of Lorraine, Frankish noblewoman
  • Haakon Sigurdsson, Viking ruler (jarl) of Norway
  • Henry II (the Wrangler), duke of Bavaria (b. 951)
  • Herbert III (the Younger), Frankish nobleman
  • Kenneth II (the Fratricide), king of Alba (Scotland)
  • Lady Finella, Scottish noblewoman and assassin
  • Michitsuna no Haha, Japanese female poet
  • Mstivoj, Obodrite prince (approximate date)
  • Song, empress of the Song Dynasty (b. 952)

References

  1. ^ "Boleslaus II the Pious". www.kralovskacesta.cz. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  2. ^ Twitchett, Denis; Tietze, Klaus-Peter (1994). The Cambridge History of China, Volume 6, pp. 43–153. ISBN 0-521-24331-9.
  3. ^ Read, Piers Paul (1999). The Templars. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 0-297-84267-6.
  4. ^ Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 126-127
  5. ^ Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 72, vol. 1, "Kỷ nhà Lê: Đại Hành Hoàng Đế."
  6. ^ a b Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 71, vol. 1, "Kỷ nhà Lê: Đại Hành Hoàng Đế."

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