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 another war against the Bulgarian Empire . |
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| 989 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 437/438 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 981/982 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1532/33 (southern Buddhism); 1531/32 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 61st (62nd) cycle
Year of the Earth- Ox 己丑 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Rat 戊子) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 351/352 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 367/368 |
| Islamic calendar | 378/379 (turn of the year 10/11 April) |
| Jewish calendar | 4749/50 (2/3 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 705/706 |
| Malayalam calendar | 164/165 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDCCXLII (1742)
Diocletian's era : 705/706 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1299/1300 (April)
Syria: 1300/1301 (October) |
| Spanish era | 1027 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1045/46 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Byzantine Empire
- April 13th : The Byzantine Emperor Basil II provides the rebel army of his former general Bardas Phokas on the Asian side of the Hellespont near Abydos . Bardas Phokas dies on the battlefield, his severed head is brought to Constantinople . His widow then releases the captured Bardas Scleros , who makes peace with Basil in October and renounces his claim to the throne.
- November 3 : Bardas Phokas' son Leon has to surrender in Antioch on the Orontes in November and is banished. His brother Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos , who fought with Bardas Scleros, is pardoned.
- Byzantium under Basil II comes into conflict with the Bulgarians as they expand in the Black Sea area .
East Franconian-German Empire
- Emperor widow Theophanu undertakes without her son Otto III. an Italian procession with the primary aim of praying for the salvation of his soul on the day of her husband's death.
France
When Archbishop Adalbero of Reims dies on January 23, the French King Hugo Capet , Arnulf , the illegitimate son of Lothar , elects to be his successor as Archbishop of Reims in order to separate him from the Carolingian coalition with the rebellious Duke Charles and dissolve him to pull his side. But Arnulf opens the city gates in August and hands over the coronation city of Reims to Karl. This greatly strengthens Karl's position, but he fails to underpin his claim to the throne with an election and coronation in Reims.
Iberian Peninsula
- Abd ar-Rahman conquers Amaya for the Caliphate of Cordoba .
First documentary mentions
- Groß Ellershausen is first mentioned in the Corveyer traditions .
Culture and religion
- September 9 : The Japanese era ( Nengō ) Eien ends. The Eiso era begins on September 10th .
- In the Bgheno-Noravank Monastery , the Etchmiadzin Gospels are made, a gospel in the form of an Armenian illuminated book .
- The foundation of Maillezais Abbey by Duke Wilhelm IV. Eisenarm of Aquitaine is documented for the year 989.
nature and environment
- September 6th : Halley's Comet has a perihelion passage .
Born
- Ademar von Chabannes , French monk and chronicler, composer and forger († 1034 )
- Tschaghri Beg , Seljuk general († 1060 )
- Fan Zhongyan , Chinese politician and writer († 1052 )
- 988 /989: Mathilde of Schwabenhaus , Duchess of Kärnten and upper Lorraine († 1032 )
- around 989: Reglindis , Margravine of Meißen († 1016 )
Died
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- January 23 : Adalbero , Archbishop of Reims
- April 13th : Bardas Phokas the Younger , Byzantine general and usurper
- October 5 : Heinrich III. , Duke of Bavaria and Carinthia (* 940 )
- November 8th : Osdag , Bishop of Hildesheim
