983

Years: 979 980 981 982 - 983 - 984 985 986 987

Decades: 950s 960s 970s - 980s - 990s 1000s 1010s

Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century

983 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	983 CMLXXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1736
Armenian calendar	432 ԹՎ ՆԼԲ
Assyrian calendar	5733
Balinese saka calendar	904–905
Bengali calendar	390
Berber calendar	1933
Buddhist calendar	1527
Burmese calendar	345
Byzantine calendar	6491–6492
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 3680 or 3473     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3681 or 3474
Coptic calendar	699–700
Discordian calendar	2149
Ethiopian calendar	975–976
Hebrew calendar	4743–4744
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1039–1040
- Shaka Samvat	904–905
- Kali Yuga	4083–4084
Holocene calendar	10983
Iranian calendar	361–362
Islamic calendar	372–373
Japanese calendar	Tengen 6 / Eikan 1 (永観元年)
Javanese calendar	884–885
Julian calendar	983 CMLXXXIII
Korean calendar	3316
Minguo calendar	929 before ROC 民前929年
Nanakshahi calendar	−485
Seleucid era	1294/1295 AG
Thai solar calendar	1525–1526
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1109 or 728 or −44     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1110 or 729 or −43

Events

• Wood carvers commissioned by China's Song Dynasty complete a carving of the entire Buddhist canon for printing. 130,000 blocks are produced in total.
• Otto III became King of Germany following the death of Otto II.
• End of reign of amir Adhad ad-Dowleh of Buwayhid, who ruled from 949 to 983 AD.
• Sharaf ad-Dawla becomes amir Buwayhid.
• End of Khazar (Caspian) Empire (651 - 983 AD)
• John XIV Becomes pope.

Births

• Odo II, Count of Blois
• Wulfnoth Cild

Deaths

• Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
• 'Adud al-Daula
• Pope Benedict VII
• Mu'ayyad al-Daula
• Patriarch Anthony III of Constantinople