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987 – 1991
Year 987 (Roman numerals, CMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * February 7 – Bardas Phokas the Younger, Bardas Phokas (the Younger) and Bardas Skleros, two members of the military elite, begin a Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger, wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. They overrun Anatolia, and Phokas declares himself Emperor. Basil applies for military assistance from Prince Vladimir the Great, ruler of Kievan Rus', who agrees to help him and sends a Varangians, Varangian army (6,000 men). Europe * Almanzor, Al-Mansur, the ''de facto'' ruler of Al-Andalus, occupies the city of Coimbra (modern Portugal). * December – The 15-year-old Robert II of France, Robert (the son of Hugo Capet) is crowned co-ruler of France around Christmas at Orléans. * The population of Bari revolts against the Byzantine Empire. Africa * The Zirid dynasty, Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Numerals
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, each letter with a fixed integer value, modern style uses only these seven: The use of Roman numerals continued long after the decline of the Roman Empire. From the 14th century on, Roman numerals began to be replaced by Arabic numerals; however, this process was gradual, and the use of Roman numerals persists in some applications to this day. One place they are often seen is on clock faces. For instance, on the clock of Big Ben (designed in 1852), the hours from 1 to 12 are written as: The notations and can be read as "one less than five" (4) and "one less than ten" (9), although there is a tradition favouring representation of "4" as "" on Roman numeral clocks. Other common uses include year numbers on monuments and buildings and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
