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981
Year 981 ( CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events Births * Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi, Arab statesman (d. 1027) * Giovanni Orseolo, Venetian nobleman (d. 1006) * Li Deming, Chinese general and rebel leader (d. 1032) * Theodora, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire (d. 1056) * Torstein Knarresmed, Norse Viking warrior (approximate date) * Vladivoj, duke of Bohemia (approximate date) Deaths * February 12 – Ælfstan, bishop of Ramsbury * June 20 – Adalbert, archbishop of Magdeburg * July 9 – Ramiro Garcés, king of Viguera ( Spain) * July 12 – Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian * August 13 – Gyeongjong, king of Goryeo ( Korea) (b. 955) * ''date unknown'' * Abu'l-Faraj Muhammad, Buyid nobleman and statesman * Amlaíb Cuarán, Viking king of Scandinavian York * Ibn Khalawayh, Persian scholar and grammar (or 980) * Pandulf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyeongjong Of Goryeo
Gyeongjong of Goryeo (9 November 955 – 13 August 981) (r. 975–981) was the fifth ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the eldest son of Gwangjong and was confirmed as Crown Prince in the year of his birth. Upon rising to the throne, Gyeongjong established the ''Jeonsigwa'' (land-allotment system). Later, according to the '' Goryeo-sa'', he avoided politics and royalty, and spent his time cavorting with commoners. Family *Father: Gwangjong of Goryeo (고려 광종) **Grandfather: Taejo of Goryeo (고려 태조) **Grandmother: Queen Sinmyeong (신명왕후) *Mother: Queen Daemok (대목왕후) **Grandfather: Taejo of Goryeo (고려 태조) **Grandmother: Queen Sinjeong (신정왕후) *Consorts and their Respective Issue(s): # Queen Heonsuk of the Gyeongju Gim clan (헌숙왕후 김씨) – No issue. # Queen Heonui of the Chungju Yu clan (헌의왕후 유씨); first cousin – No issue. # Queen Heonae of the Hwangju Hwangbo clan (헌애왕후 황보씨); half first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramiro Garcés Of Viguera
Ramiro Garcés (Basque: ''Ramiro Gartzia''; died 9 July 981) was the first King of Viguera, since the establishment of the kingdom in 970 until his death in 981. He was the eldest son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona with his second wife, Teresa of León. It is suggested that while Teresa pushed for the disinheritance of García's eldest son Sancho II of Pamplona in favour of Ramiro, García compromised and willed the region of Viguera to Ramiro with the title of king. Ramiro was a ''subregulus'' and vassal of his brother. In 975 he tried to raid neighbouring Muslim territory, but was defeated in the Battle of Estercuel on 6 July. The precise date of his death is not recorded. A surviving document dated 981 reports that he had already died. Arabic sources report that he died in the Battle of Torrevicente in 981, where he and García Fernández of Castile García Fernández, called of the White Hands () (Burgos, Córdoba, 995), was the count of Castile and Alava from 970 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
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Ælfstan (bishop Of Ramsbury)
Ælfstan (died 981) was a medieval Bishop of Ramsbury. Ælfstan was consecrated in 970. He died on 12 February 981.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 220 Citations References * External links * Bishops of Ramsbury (ancient) 981 deaths Year of birth unknown 10th-century English bishops {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert Of Magdeburg
Adalbert of Magdeburg (c. 91020 June 981), sometimes incorrectly shortened to "Albert", known as the Apostle of the Slavs, was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg (from 968) and a successful missionary to the Polabian Slavs to the east of what is contemporarily Germany. He was later canonised and his liturgical feast day was assigned as 20 June. Life Adalbert was born c. 910, possibly in Alsace or Lorraine, France. He was a German monk at the Benedictine Monastery of St. Maximinus in Trier, Germany. He was consecrated a Roman Catholic bishop and in 961 was sent to Kievan Rus. Princess Olga of Kiev had asked Emperor Otto I (the Great) to provide her a missionary from the Roman Catholic Church. Her son took the crown from her in 961, just as Adalbert arrived in Kievan Rus. Adalbert's missionary companions were slain and Adalbert barely escaped. Kievan Rus subsequently was converted by missionaries from Constantinople and became part of Byzantine Christianity. Upon escaping Kie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xue Juzheng
Xue Juzheng ( – 12 July 981; courtesy name Ziping) was a scholar-official who successively served the Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou and Song dynasties. He was one of the chief ministers of the Song dynasty from 973 until his death. Xue is best known today for being the lead author of the monumental history book '' Old History of the Five Dynasties'' (974). During the Five Dynasties Born during the Later Liang, Xue Juzheng was said to be studious and ambitious from a young age. In 934 during the Later Tang Xue failed the imperial examination and wrote "An Essay to Dispel Sorrows" (), which was much praised. He passed the imperial examination the following year. After the Later Jin destroyed the Later Tang in 937, Xue served on the staff of Liu Suining (), the military governor of Hua Prefecture. In 941, he was recommended by Liu Suining's older cousin Liu Suiqing () and became a patrolling inspector for the Salt Monopoly. In 944, he served as a judge in the Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 9
Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. * 491 – Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna. * 551 – A major earthquake strikes Beirut, triggering a devastating tsunami that affected the coastal towns of Byzantine Phoenicia, causing thousands of deaths. * 660 – Korean forces under general Kim Yu-sin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol. * 869 – The 8.4–9.0 Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland. * 969 – The Fatimid general Jawhar leads the Friday prayer in Fus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikings
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9–22. They also voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, Volga Bulgaria, the Middle East, and North America. In some of the countries they raided and settled in, this period is popularly known as the Viking Age, and the term "Viking" also commonly includes the inhabitants of the Scandinavian homelands as a collective whole. The Vikings had a profound impact on the early medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Estonia, and Kievan Rus'. Expert sailors and navigators aboard their characteristic longships, Vikings established Norse settlements and governments in the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, and the Baltic coast, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 13
Events Pre-1600 * 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. * 554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy. * 582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 900 – Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren. * 1099 – Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II, who would become deeply entangled in the Investiture Controversy. * 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan. * 1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishopric Of Magdeburg
The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a Roman Catholic archdiocese (969–1552) and Prince-Archbishopric (1180–1680) of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Magdeburg on the Elbe River. Planned since 955 and established in 968, the Roman Catholic archdiocese had de facto turned void since 1557, when the last papally confirmed prince-archbishop, the Lutheran Sigismund of Brandenburg came of age and ascended to the see and the Magdeburg Cathedral chapter had adopted Lutheranism in 1567, with most parishioners having preceded in their conversion. All his successors were only administrators of the prince-archbishopric and Lutheran too, except the Catholic layman Leopold William of Austria (1631–1635). In ecclesiastical respect the remaining Catholics and their parishes and abbeys in the former archdiocese were put under supervision of the Archdiocese of Cologne in 1648 and under the jurisdiction of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern Missions in 1670. In politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 12
Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north. *1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre. * 1470 – The Ottomans capture Euboea. * 1488 – Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China. * 1493 – Hartmann Schedel's '' Nuremberg Chronicle'', one of the best-documented early printed books, is published. * 1527 – Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty. * 1543 – King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Deming
Li Deming () (981–1032) was the eldest son of Li Jiqian and the father of Li Yuanhao, the founder of China's Western Xia dynasty. When his father died in battle in 1004, Li Deming became leader of the Tangut people, and over the next twenty years he considerably expanded the territory controlled by the Tanguts. In 1028, he named his son Li Yuanhao as crown prince. He died of natural causes in 1032. Li Deming was officially accorded the temple name "Taizong" (太宗) and the posthumous name A posthumous name is an honorary name given mostly to the notable dead in East Asian culture. It is predominantly practiced in East Asian countries such as China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and Thailand. Reflecting on the person's accomplishm ... "Emperor Guangsheng" (光聖皇帝) by the Western Xia dynasty. Family *Father: Li Jiqian *Mother: Empress Shuncheng Yixiao, of the Yeli clan (順成懿孝皇后野利氏, d.1007) *Consorts and issue: ** Empress Huici Dun'ai, of the Weimu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
