# 985

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Calendar year

For the higher education development program in China, see [Project 985](/source/Project_985).

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 9th century 10th century 11th century Decades 960s 970s 980s 990s 1000s Years 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 v t e

985 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e

985 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 985 CMLXXXV Ab urbe condita 1738 Armenian calendar 434 ԹՎ ՆԼԴ Assyrian calendar 5735 Balinese saka calendar 906–907 Bengali calendar 391–392 Berber calendar 1935 Buddhist calendar 1529 Burmese calendar 347 Byzantine calendar 6493–6494 Chinese calendar 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3682 or 3475 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3683 or 3476 Coptic calendar 701–702 Discordian calendar 2151 Ethiopian calendar 977–978 Hebrew calendar 4745–4746 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 1041–1042 - Shaka Samvat 906–907 - Kali Yuga 4085–4086 Holocene calendar 10985 Iranian calendar 363–364 Islamic calendar 374–375 Japanese calendar Eikan 3 / Kanna 1 (寛和元年) Javanese calendar 886–887 Julian calendar 985 CMLXXXV Korean calendar 3318 Minguo calendar 927 before ROC 民前927年 Nanakshahi calendar −483 Seleucid era 1296/1297 AG Thai solar calendar 1527–1528 Tibetan calendar ཤིང་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Monkey) 1111 or 730 or −42 — to — ཤིང་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Wood-Bird) 1112 or 731 or −41

Statue of Lady [Wulfrun](/source/Wulfrun) (c. 935–1005)

Year **985** (**[CMLXXXV](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Thursday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Thursday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar).

## Events

### By place

#### Europe

- Summer – [Henry II](/source/Henry_II%2C_Duke_of_Bavaria) (**the Wrangler**) is restored as duke of [Bavaria](/source/Duchy_of_Bavaria) by Empress [Theophanu](/source/Theophanu) and her mother-in-law [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide_of_Italy) at an *[Hoftag](/source/Hoftag)* assembly in [Rohr](/source/Rohr%2C_Thuringia) ([Thuringia](/source/Thuringia)). King [Otto III](/source/Otto_III%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) (5-years old) remains under the [regency](/source/Regent) of the two empresses in the [Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire) and in the [Kingdom of Italy](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Holy_Roman_Empire)).[1]

- [Battle of Fýrisvellir](/source/Battle_of_F%C3%BDrisvellir): King [Eric the Victorious](/source/Eric_the_Victorious) defeats a Swedish [Viking](/source/Jomsvikings) army under [Styrbjörn the Strong](/source/Styrbj%C3%B6rn_the_Strong) (his nephew) near [Uppsala](/source/Uppsala).

- [July 6](/source/July_6) – The city of [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) is sacked by [Moorish](/source/Moors) troops under [Al-Mansur](/source/Almanzor), the *[de facto](/source/De_facto)* ruler of [Al-Andalus](/source/Al-Andalus) (modern-day [Spain](/source/Spain)).[2]

#### England

- Lady [Wulfrun](/source/Wulfrun), an Anglo-Saxon [noblewoman](/source/Nobility), is granted land by King [Æthelred II](/source/%C3%86thelred_the_Unready) (**the Unready**). She founds *Heantune* that later becomes the city of [Wolverhampton](/source/Wolverhampton) in the [West Midlands](/source/West_Midlands_(county)).[3]

#### Asia

- [Raja Raja Chola I](/source/Raja_Raja_Chola_I) (considered by many as the greatest emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes ruler of the [Chola Dynasty](/source/Chola_dynasty). During his reign he expands his domains beyond [South India](/source/South_India).

### By topic

#### Exploration

- [Greenland](/source/Greenland) is colonized by the [Icelandic](/source/Iceland) Viking [Erik the Red](/source/Erik_the_Red) (according to [legend](/source/Legend), but has been established as approximately correct – see [History of Greenland](/source/History_of_Greenland)).

#### Religion

- [July 20](/source/July_20) – Anti-Pope [Boniface VII](/source/Antipope_Boniface_VII) dies under suspicious circumstances at [Rome](/source/Rome). He is succeeded by [John XV](/source/Pope_John_XV) as the 137th [pope](/source/Pope) of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church).

- [Amalfitan](/source/Amalfi) [Benedictines](/source/Benedictines) found the only Latin Christian monastery on [Mount Athos](/source/Mount_Athos) with the support of [John the Iberian](/source/John_the_Iberian). The monastery will last until 1287.

## Births

- [August 13](/source/August_13) – [Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah](/source/Al-Hakim_bi-Amr_Allah), Fatimid caliph (d. [1021](/source/1021))

- [Adalbert](/source/Adalbert%2C_Margrave_of_Austria), margrave of [Austria](/source/Margraviate_of_Austria) (approximate date)

- [Boniface III](/source/Boniface_III%2C_Margrave_of_Tuscany), margrave of [Tuscany](/source/Tuscany) (approximate date)

- [Gilbert Buatère](/source/Gilbert_Buat%C3%A8re), Norman [nobleman](/source/Nobility) (approximate date)

- [Gisela](/source/Gisela_of_Hungary) (or **Gizella**), queen of [Hungary](/source/Hungary) (d. [1065](/source/1065))

- [John Gualbert](/source/John_Gualbert), Italian monk and [abbot](/source/Abbot) (d. [1073](/source/1073))

- [Hamza ibn 'Ali ibn-Ahmad](/source/Hamza_ibn-'Ali_ibn-Ahmad), founding leader of the [Druze](/source/Druze)

- [Maria of Amalfi](/source/Maria_of_Amalfi), Lombard duchess and [regent](/source/Regent)

- [Osmond Drengot](/source/Osmond_Drengot), Norman nobleman (approximate date)

- [Pilgrim](/source/Pilgrim_(archbishop_of_Cologne)), archbishop of [Cologne](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Cologne) (approximate date)

- [Radbot](/source/Radbot%2C_Count_of_Habsburg), German nobleman (approximate date)

- [Rodulfus Glaber](/source/Rodulfus_Glaber), French monk and [chronicler](/source/Chronicle) (d. [1047](/source/1047))

- [Theobald II](/source/Theobald_II_of_Blois), French nobleman (approximate date)

- [Wazo](/source/Wazo_of_Li%C3%A8ge), bishop of [Liège](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Li%C3%A8ge) (approximate date)

- [Zhao Yuanyan](/source/Zhao_Yuanyan), prince of the [Song Dynasty](/source/Song_dynasty) (d. [1044](/source/1044))

## Deaths

- [January 31](/source/January_31) – [Ryōgen](/source/Ry%C5%8Dgen), Japanese monk and abbot (b. [912](/source/912))

- [June 26](/source/June_26) – [Ramiro III](/source/Ramiro_III_of_Le%C3%B3n), king of [León](/source/Kingdom_of_Le%C3%B3n) ([Spain](/source/Spain)) (b. [961](/source/961))

- [July 20](/source/July_20) – [Boniface VII](/source/Antipope_Boniface_VII), antipope of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)[4]

- [August 25](/source/August_25) – [Dietrich of Haldensleben](/source/Dietrich_of_Haldensleben%2C_Margrave_of_the_Nordmark), German [margrave](/source/Margrave)

- [Basil Lekapenos](/source/Basil_Lekapenos), Byzantine chief minister (b. [925](/source/925))

- [Chen Hongjin](/source/Chen_Hongjin), Chinese [warlord](/source/Warlord) and general (b. [914](/source/914))

- [Herbert III](/source/Herbert_III_of_Omois) (**the Old**), Frankish nobleman (b. [910](/source/910))

- [Hywel ap Ieuaf](/source/Hywel_ap_Ieuaf), king of [Gwynedd](/source/Kingdom_of_Gwynedd) ([Wales](/source/Wales))

- [Judith](/source/Judith%2C_Duchess_of_Bavaria), duchess [regent](/source/Regent) of [Bavaria](/source/Duchy_of_Bavaria) (b. [925](/source/925))

- [Kishi Joō](/source/Princess_Kishi), Japanese female [waka](/source/Waka_(poetry)) poet (b. [929](/source/929))

- [Marzuban ibn Muhammad](/source/Marzuban_ibn_Muhammad_ibn_Shaddad), Shaddadid emir

- [Muirgus mac Domnaill](/source/Muirgus_mac_Domnaill), king of [Uí Maine](/source/U%C3%AD_Maine) ([Ireland](/source/Ireland))

- [Rikdag](/source/Rikdag), margrave of [Meissen](/source/Margravate_of_Meissen) ([Germany](/source/Germany))

- [Tornike Eristavi](/source/Tornike_Eristavi), Georgian general and [monk](/source/Monk)

- [Harold II](/source/Harald_Bluetooth) (**Bluetooth**), king of [Denmark](/source/Denmark) and [Norway](/source/Norway)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Reuter, Timothy (1999). *The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III*, p. 256. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-36447-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-36447-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-french_crusades_2-0)** Boissonade, B. (1934). ["Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)"](http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/hispa_0007-4640_1934_num_36_1_2607). *Bulletin Hispanique*. **36** (1): 5–28. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3406/hispa.1934.2607](https://doi.org/10.3406%2Fhispa.1934.2607).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Lady Wulfruna c. 935-1005, Founder of the City"](http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/wulfruna). Wolverhampton City Council. Retrieved March 27, 2013.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Boniface VII"](https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095517229). *Oxford Reference*. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

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