| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 985 986 987 – 988 – 989 990 991 |
| 988 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 988 CMLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1741 |
| Armenian calendar | 437 ԹՎ ՆԼԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -856 – -855 |
| Berber calendar | 1938 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1532 |
| Burmese calendar | 350 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6496 – 6497 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年十二月初十日 (3624/3684-12-10) — to —
戊子年十一月二十日(3625/3685-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 704 – 705 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 980 – 981 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4748 – 4749 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1043 – 1044 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 910 – 911 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4089 – 4090 |
| Holocene calendar | 10988 |
| Iranian calendar | 366 – 367 |
| Islamic calendar | 377 – 378 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3321 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1531 |
Events
By place
Africa
- Al-Azhar University is founded in Cairo, Egypt (the second oldest university in the world).
Europe
- Dublin, Ireland is founded.
- The city of Odense, Denmark is founded.
- Kievan Rus' accepts Christianity.
- Rus'–Byzantine War (988)
Asia
- The Liao Dynasty adopts civil service examinations in the Southern Chancellery based on Tang Dynasty models.
By topic
Religion
- Baptism of Kievan Rus': Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev marries Anna, sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II and converts to Christianity.
- Abbo becomes abbot at Fleury.
- Foundation of the Mezhyhirskyi Monastery by Michael of Kiev
Births
- Tilopa, Indian tantric practitioner and mahasiddha
Deaths
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