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::callout[type=note] 989 ::

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Year 989 (CMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

Emperor Basil II uses his contingent of 6,000 Varangians to help him defeat Bardas Phokas (the Younger), who suffers a seizure during the siege of Abydos (threatening to blockade the Dardanelles). Phokas dies, ending the revolt and threat to Constantinople. Upon Phokas' death, the other rebel leader Bardas Skleros (who is captured and blinded) yields to Basil's superior forces.

Europe

Summer – Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, captures the city of Reims by treachery of its new archbishop, Arnulf (the illegitimate son of the late King Lothair III). King Hugh I (Capet) demands that Pope John XV discipline Arnulf. But John XV, not wishing to defy Empress Theophanu, refuses.
Winter – Theophanu arrives with her son, King Otto III in Rome to meet John XV. Crescentius II (the Younger) offers his submission to the Holy Roman Empire, in return for which she confirms his title as patrician of Rome.

Asia

In Vietnam during the Early Le dynasty, provincial governor Dương Tiến Lộc seized control of the two provinces Hoan and Ái in an attempt to request annexation to Champa, which was rejected. He then rebelled against the emperor but was quickly suppressed within the same year, resulting in heavy civilian casualties in both provinces.

By topic

Religion

Council of Charroux: French bishops under the patronage of William IV, duke of Aquitaine, declare the first Peace of God (or Pax Dei). This agreement grants immunity from violence to noncombatants (peasants and clergy) who can not defend themselves.

Art

October 25 – The Hagia Sophia at Constantinople is struck by a great earthquake, causing the collapse of the western dome arch. Basil II asks the Armenian architect Trdat, the creator of the Cathedral of Ani, to direct the repairs.

Education

Sankore Madrasah, at this stage a mosque, is founded in Timbuktu (modern-day Mali).

Astronomy

September – Halley's Comet is at perihelion.

Births

September 5 – Fan Zhongyan, chancellor of the Song Dynasty (d. 1052)
Adémar de Chabannes, French monk and historian (d. 1034)
Al-Jayyānī, Arab scholar and mathematician (d. 1079)
Chaghri Beg, co-ruler of the Seljuk Empire (d. 1060)
Regelinda, margravine of Meissen (approximate date)

Deaths

January 23 – Adalbero, archbishop of Reims
April 13 – Bardas Phokas, Byzantine general
October 5 – Henry III, duke of Bavaria (b. 940)
Chavundaraya, Indian general, architect and poet
Chen Tuan, Chinese Taoist monk and philosopher
Ch'oe Sung-no, Korean politician and poet (b. 927)
Fujiwara no Korenari, Japanese courtier (b. 953)
Fujiwara no Yoritada, Japanese nobleman (b. 924)
Glúniairn, Norse-Gael king of Dublin (approximate date)
Gofraid mac Arailt, Norse-Gael king of the Isles (Hebrides)
Kalokyros Delphinas, Byzantine general (or 988)
Kiurike I, king of Tashir-Dzoraget (Armenia)
Pan, Chinese princess and wife of Zhen Zong (b. 968)
Sharaf al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Kerman and Fars (b. 960)

References

Reuter, Timothy (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 390. {{ISBN. 978-0-521-36447-8.
[[Ngô Sĩ Liên]] (1993), [[Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư]], page 70, vol. 1, "Kỷ nhà Lê: Đại Hành Hoàng Đế."
Maranci, Christina. (September 2003). "The Architect Trdat: Building Practices and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Byzantium and Armenia". [[Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians]].

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