994
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century · 10th century · 11th century |
Decades: | 960s · 970s · 980s · 990s · 1000s · 1010s · 1020s |
Years: | 991 · 992 · 993 · 994 · 995 · 996 · 997 |
994 by topic | |
Politics | |
State leaders – Sovereign states | |
Birth and death categories | |
Births – Deaths | |
Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
Establishments – Disestablishments | |
Gregorian calendar | 994 CMXCIV |
Ab urbe condita | 1747 |
Armenian calendar | 443 ԹՎ ՆԽԳ |
Assyrian calendar | 5744 |
Bengali calendar | 401 |
Berber calendar | 1944 |
Buddhist calendar | 1538 |
Burmese calendar | 356 |
Byzantine calendar | 6502–6503 |
Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3690 or 3630 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3691 or 3631 |
Coptic calendar | 710–711 |
Discordian calendar | 2160 |
Ethiopian calendar | 986–987 |
Hebrew calendar | 4754–4755 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1050–1051 |
- Shaka Samvat | 915–916 |
- Kali Yuga | 4094–4095 |
Holocene calendar | 10994 |
Iranian calendar | 372–373 |
Islamic calendar | 383–384 |
Japanese calendar | Shōryaku 5 (正暦5年) |
Javanese calendar | 895–896 |
Julian calendar | 994 CMXCIV |
Korean calendar | 3327 |
Minguo calendar | 918 before ROC 民前918年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −474 |
Seleucid era | 1305/1306 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1536–1537 |
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Year 994 (CMXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Sweyn Forkbeard marries Sigrid the Haughty.
- Otto III reaches his majority and begins to rule Germany in his own right.
- Aethelred II pays £16,000 of Danegeld to Olaf Trygvasson.
Middle East
- September 15 – Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid victory over a Byzantine army led by Michael Bourtzes
By topic
Astronomy
- An increase in carbon-14 concentration recorded in tree rings suggests that a strong solar storm may have hit the Earth in either 993 or 994.
Births
- November 7 – Ibn Hazm, Arab philosopher (d. 1069)
- Simeon, first Norman abbot of Ely Abbey
- Imam Bayhaqi Eminent Scholar of Islamic Faith
Deaths
- Margrave Leopold I of Austria
- Sigeric the Serious
In fiction
- Disney's animated series Gargoyles took place in 994 throughout most of the first episode, as well as a few other episodes later.
References
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