981 Explained
Year 981 (CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
Asia
By topic
Exploration
- Erik the Red leaves Norway, to survey west of Iceland in Viking longships, that carry nearly 700 people with cattle, horses, and other necessities for starting a colony on the island. Erik finds land and calls it Greenland.
Religion
Commerce
Births
Deaths
- February 12 - Ælfstan, bishop of Ramsbury
- June 20 - Adalbert, archbishop of Magdeburg
- July 9 - Ramiro Garcés, king of Viguera (Spain)
- July 12 - Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian
- August 13 - Gyeongjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 955)
- Abu'l-Faraj Muhammad, Buyid nobleman and statesman
- Amlaíb Cuarán, Viking king of Scandinavian York
- Ibn Khalawayh, Persian scholar and grammar (or 980)
- Pandulf Ironhead, prince of Benevento and Capua
- Slavník, founder of the Slavník Dynasty (Bohemia)
- Wigger I, German nobleman (approximate date)
- Zhao Defang, prince of the Song Dynasty (b. 959)
Notes and References
- Web site: Theodora - Byzantine empress [981-1056]]. Encyclopedia Britannica. 17 April 2018. en.