| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 982 983 984 – 985 – 986 987 988 |
| 985 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 985 CMLXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1738 |
| Armenian calendar | 434 ԹՎ ՆԼԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -859 – -858 |
| Berber calendar | 1935 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1529 |
| Burmese calendar | 347 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6493 – 6494 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年十二月初八日 (3621/3681-12-8) — to —
乙酉年十一月十七日(3622/3682-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 701 – 702 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 977 – 978 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4745 – 4746 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1040 – 1041 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 907 – 908 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4086 – 4087 |
| Holocene calendar | 10985 |
| Iranian calendar | 363 – 364 |
| Islamic calendar | 374 – 375 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3318 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1528 |
Events
By place
Europe
- Barcelona is sacked by Al-Mansur.
- Greenland is colonized by Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (the date is according to legend but has been established as at least approximately correct—see History of Greenland).
- Lady Wulfruna founds the town that later becomes the city of Wolverhampton.
- Henry the Wrangler is restored as Duke of Bavaria.
Asia
- Rajaraja Chola I (considered by many as the greatest Emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes the Chola Emperor and brings in another golden era of Tamils and of the Chola dynasty.
By topic
Religion
- August—Pope John XV succeeds Pope John XIV as the 137th pope.
Births
- Canute the Great (approximate) (d. 1035)
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, later sixth Fatimid Caliph in Egypt
Deaths
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