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::callout[type=note] 980 ::

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Year 980 (CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) at Margut, ending the Franco-German war of 978–980. Lothair renounces his claim on Lower Lorraine, while Otto promises to recognize Lothair's son Louis V as the rightful heir of the West Frankish Kingdom.
June 11 – Vladimir I (the Great), grand prince of Kiev, consolidates the Kievan realm from modern Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. Vladimir is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.
Fall – Otto II sets off on his first expedition to Italy. He leaves the government in the hands of Archchancellor Willigis. Otto is accompanied by his wife, Empress Theophanu.
Winter – Otto II celebrates Christmas with his family at Ravenna. He receives the Iron Crown of Lombardy as the King of Italy.
King Harald Bluetooth orders the construction of the Viking ring fortress of Trelleborg (modern Denmark).

England

Viking raids from Scandinavia threaten the southern English coast after a pause of 25 years. Hampshire and the Isle of Thanet are ravaged.

Arabian Empire

The Dari dialect (which will become the major language of Persia) is developed in the royal courts of the Samanid Empire in Central Asia.

Africa

The Kilwa Sultanate, centered at Kilwa (an island off modern Tanzania), is founded by Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi, Persian prince of Shiraz.

By topic

Religion

Notker (or Notger), Frankish Benedictine monk and bishop, founds the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (modern Belgium) which will remain an independent state inside the Holy Roman Empire for more than 800 years.

Births

July 5 – Mokjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1009)
July 15 – Ichijō, emperor of Japan (d. 1011)
Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Persian scholar (d. 1037)
Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjani, Persian physician (d. 1070)
Adalbero, German nobleman (approximate date)
Avicenna, Persian polymath (approximate date)
Baldwin IV (the Bearded), French nobleman (d. 1035)
Bardo, German abbot and archbishop (approximate date)
Benedict VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1024)
Einar Thambarskelfir, Norwegian nobleman (d. 1050)
Ekkehard IV, Swiss chronicler (approximate date)
Farrukhi Sistani, Persian poet (approximate date)
Geoffrey I, French nobleman (d. 1008)
Herman I, German nobleman (approximate date)
Humbert I, founder of the House of Savoy (approximate date)
Pope Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1061)
Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden (approximate date)
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1002)
Sviatopolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date)
Tancred of Hauteville, Norman nobleman (d. 1041)
Theodora Porphyrogenita, Byzantine empress (d. 1056)
Xuedou Chongxian, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 1052)

Deaths

February 15 – Berthold, German nobleman (approximate date)
September 28 – Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (b. 918)
Dado (or Dodon), Italian nobleman (approximate date)
Domnall ua Néill (or Donal O'Neill), High King of Ireland
Eoghan Ua Cathain, abbot of Clonfert (Ireland)
Gunnhild, Norwegian Viking queen (approximate date)
Ibn Khalawayh, Persian scholar and grammar (or 981)
Liu Chang, emperor of Southern Han (b. 942)
Yaropolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date)

References

Reuter, Timothy (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 254. {{ISBN. 978-0-521-36447-8.
James Hastings (2003). ''Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics – Part 24'', p. 847 (Kessinger Publishing).

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