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981 Deaths
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 Ironh ... [...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] |
