997
This article is about the year 997. For the car, see Porsche 997.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century · 10th century · 11th century |
| Decades: | 960s · 970s · 980s · 990s · 1000s · 1010s · 1020s |
| Years: | 994 · 995 · 996 · 997 · 998 · 999 · 1000 |
| 997 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 997 CMXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1750 |
| Armenian calendar | 446 ԹՎ ՆԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5747 |
| Bengali calendar | 404 |
| Berber calendar | 1947 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1541 |
| Burmese calendar | 359 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6505–6506 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3693 or 3633 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3694 or 3634 |
| Coptic calendar | 713–714 |
| Discordian calendar | 2163 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 989–990 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4757–4758 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1053–1054 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 918–919 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4097–4098 |
| Holocene calendar | 10997 |
| Iranian calendar | 375–376 |
| Islamic calendar | 386–387 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōtoku 3 (長徳３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 898–899 |
| Julian calendar | 997 CMXCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3330 |
| Minguo calendar | 915 before ROC 民前915年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −471 |
| Seleucid era | 1308/1309 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1539–1540 |
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Year 997 (CMXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- First documented reference to the city of Gdańsk.
- Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland.
- Samuil of Bulgaria is crowned Tsar by Pope Gregory V.
- Trondheim, Norway is founded by the king Olav Tryggvason.[1] This will function as the main city and capital of Norway, until Bergen is founded in 1070.
- In Spain, the muslim de facto ruler of al-Andalus, al-Mansur, with the support of the Christians Portuguese knights, sacks one of Christendom's holiest sites of pilgrimage, Santiago de Compostella. On their way they sack the cities of Zamora and Leon.
- In Southern Italy, rebellion of against the Byzantine rule led by Smaragdos and Peter.[2]
Births
Deaths
- April 23 – Saint Adalbert of Prague (martyred)
- Emperor Taizong of Song
- Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
- Waldrada of Tuscany, dogaressa of Venice
References
- ↑ Christine Schefte (20 June 2012). "Hva husker du fra 1000-årsjubileet?" (in Norwegian). Adress. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ↑ France, John (1991). "The occasion of the coming of the Normans to southern Italy". Journal of Medieval History. 17 (1): 183–203. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(91)90033-H.
External links
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