998, the Glossary
Year 998 (CMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.[1]
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106 relations: Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Albania, Alliance, Antipope John XVI, Apamea, Syria, Arabic poetry, Archbishop, Ardennes, Æthelweard (historian), Battle of Apamea, Battle of Ghazni (998), Benedictines, Benevento, Bertha of Burgundy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Buddhism in Japan, Buyid dynasty, Byōdō-in, Byzantine Empire, Campania, Castel Sant'Angelo, Catholic Church, Common year starting on Saturday, Consanguinity, Constantinople, Crescentius the Younger, Dalmatia (theme), Damascus, Damian Dalassenos, Diplomat, Dorset, Duklja, Durrës, Dux, Ealdorman, Egypt in the Middle Ages, Emir, Excommunication, Fatimid Caliphate, Fujiwara no Michinaga, Fujiwara no Sukemasa, Gargano, Ghaznavids, Heian period, Hermit, Historian, Holy Roman Empire, Ibn Abi Hasina, India, Ismail of Ghazni, ... Expand index (56 more) »
Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani
Abū al-Wafāʾ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Būzjānī or Abū al-Wafā Būzhjānī (ابو الوفا بوژگانی, ابو الوفا بوزجانی; 10 June 940 – 15 July 998) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer who worked in Baghdad.
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Albania
Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.
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Alliance
An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not an explicit agreement has been worked out among them.
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Antipope John XVI
John XVI (born Ιωάννης Φιλάγαθος, Ioannis Philagathos; Giovanni Filagato; Johannes Philagathus) was an antipope from 997 to 998.
Apamea, Syria
Apamea (Ἀπάμεια, Apameia; آفاميا, Afamia), on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city.
Arabic poetry
Arabic poetry (الشعر العربي ash-shi‘r al-‘arabīyy) is one of the earliest forms of Arabic literature.
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office.
Ardennes
The Ardennes (Ardenne; Ardennen; Ardennen; Årdene; Ardennen), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France.
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Æthelweard (historian)
Æthelweard (also Ethelward; d.) was an ealdorman and the author of a Latin version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle known as the Chronicon Æthelweardi.
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Battle of Apamea
The Battle of Apamea was fought on 19 July 998 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate.
Battle of Ghazni (998)
The Battle of Ghazni was fought in 998 between the rival Ghaznavid forces of Amir Ismail and the rebel forces of his older brother Mahmud of Ghazni.
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Benedictines
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.
Benevento
Benevento (Beneviento) is a city and comune (municipality) of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples.
Bertha of Burgundy
Bertha of Burgundy (964 – 16 January 1010) was Queen consort of the Franks as the second wife of King Robert II.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Buddhism in Japan
Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century CE.
Buyid dynasty
The Buyid dynasty (Âl-i Bōya), also spelled Buwayhid (Al-Buwayhiyyah), was a Zaydi and, later, Twelver Shia dynasty of Daylamite origin, which mainly ruled over central and southern Iran and Iraq from 934 to 1062.
Byōdō-in
is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, built in the late Heian period.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Campania
Campania is an administrative region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri.
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Castel Sant'Angelo
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, also known as Castel Sant'Angelo (English: Castle of the Holy Angel), is a towering rotunda (cylindrical building) in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
Common year starting on Saturday
A common year starting on Saturday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Saturday, 1 January, and ends on Saturday, 31 December.
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Consanguinity
Consanguinity (from Latin consanguinitas 'blood relationship') is the characteristic of having a kinship with a relative who is descended from a common ancestor.
Constantinople
Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.
Crescentius the Younger
Crescentius the Younger (or Crescentius II; died 29 April 998), son of Crescentius the Elder, was a leader of the aristocracy of medieval Rome.
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Dalmatia (theme)
The Theme of Dalmatia (θέμα Δαλματίας/Δελματίας, thema Dalmatias/Delmatias) was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea in Southeastern Europe, headquartered at Jadera (later called Zara, today's Zadar).
Damascus
Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.
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Damian Dalassenos
Damian Dalassenos (Δαμιανός Δαλασσηνός; ca. 940 – 19 July 998) was a Byzantine aristocrat and the first known member of the Dalassenos noble family.
Diplomat
A diplomat (from δίπλωμα; romanized diploma) is a person appointed by a state, intergovernmental, or nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations.
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Dorset
Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
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Duklja
Duklja (Дукља; Diokleia; Dioclea) was a medieval South Slavic state which roughly encompassed the territories of modern-day southeastern Montenegro, from the Bay of Kotor in the west to the Bojana river in the east, and to the sources of the Zeta and Morača rivers in the north.
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Durrës
Durrës (Durrësi) is the second-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality.
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Dux
Dux (ducēs) is Latin for "leader" (from the noun dux, ducis, "leader, general") and later for duke and its variant forms (doge, duce, etc.). During the Roman Republic and for the first centuries of the Roman Empire, dux could refer to anyone who commanded troops, both Roman generals and foreign leaders, but was not a formal military rank.
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Ealdorman
Ealdorman was an office in the government of Anglo-Saxon England.
Egypt in the Middle Ages
Following the Islamic conquest in 641-642, Lower Egypt was ruled at first by governors acting in the name of the Rashidun Caliphs and then the Umayyad Caliphs in Damascus, but in 750 the Umayyads were overthrown.
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Emir
Emir (أمير, also transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremonial authority. The title has a long history of use in the Arab World, East Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
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Excommunication
Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular those of being in communion with other members of the congregation, and of receiving the sacraments.
Fatimid Caliphate
The Fatimid Caliphate or Fatimid Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya) was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shia dynasty.
Fujiwara no Michinaga
was a Japanese statesman.
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Fujiwara no Sukemasa
was a Japanese noble, statesman, and renowned calligrapher of the middle Heian period.
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Gargano
Gargano is a historical and geographical sub-region in the province of Foggia, Apulia, southeast Italy, consisting of a wide isolated mountain massif made of highland and several peaks and forming the backbone of the Gargano Promontory projecting into the Adriatic Sea, the "spur" on the Italian "boot".
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Ghaznavids
The Ghaznavid dynasty (غزنویان Ġaznaviyān) or the Ghaznavid Empire was a Persianate Muslim dynasty and empire of Turkic mamluk origin, ruling at its greatest extent from the Oxus to the Indus Valley from 977 to 1186.
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.
Hermit
A hermit, also known as an eremite (adjectival form: hermitic or eremitic) or solitary, is a person who lives in seclusion.
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Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
Ibn Abi Hasina
Abu'l Fatḥ al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn al-Ḥaṣīna al-Sulamī better known as Ibn Abī Ḥaṣīna (also spelled Ibn Abī Ḥuṣayna; 998–22 July 1065), was an 11th-century Arab poet, who specialized in panegyrics.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Ismail of Ghazni
Ismail of Ghazni (اسماعیل غزنوی) was the emir of Ghazna, reigning for 7 months, from August 997 until March 998.
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
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Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).
Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)
The Kingdom of Croatia (Kraljevina Hrvatska; Regnum Croatiæ), or Croatian Kingdom (Hrvatsko Kraljevstvo), was a medieval kingdom in Southern Europe comprising most of what is today Croatia (without western Istria, some Dalmatian coastal cities, and the part of Dalmatia south of the Neretva River), as well as most of the modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
The Kingdom of Italy (Regnum Italiae or Regnum Italicum; Regno d'Italia; Königreich Italien), also called Imperial Italy (Italia Imperiale, Reichsitalien), was one of the constituent kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, along with the kingdoms of Germany, Bohemia, and Burgundy.
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Koppány
Koppány, also called Cupan was a Hungarian lord in the late 10th century and leader of pagans opposing the Christianization of Hungary.
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Kurdistan
Kurdistan (lit), or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based.
Kyoto Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.
Landulf of Carcano
Landulf of Carcano (died 998) was the archbishop of Milan, as Landulf II, from 979 until his death.
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Lebanon
Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.
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Liao dynasty
The Liao dynasty (Khitan: Mos Jælud), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur), officially the Great Liao, was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people.
Luxembourg
Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxemburg; Luxembourg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.
Mahmud of Ghazni
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sabuktigin (translit; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi (محمود غزنوی), was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, ruling from 998 to 1030.
Masʽud I
Masud I of Ghazni (مسعود غزنوی), known as Amīr-i Shahīd (امیر شهید; "the martyr king") (b. 998 – d. 17 January 1040), was sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1030 to 1040.
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Mathematics in the medieval Islamic world
Mathematics during the Golden Age of Islam, especially during the 9th and 10th centuries, was built upon syntheses of Greek mathematics (Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius) and Indian mathematics (Aryabhata, Brahmagupta).
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Monk
A monk (from μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery.
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Monte Cassino
Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, west of Cassino and at an elevation of.
Muhammad of Ghazni
Muhammad of Ghazni (محمد غزنوی) (b. 998 – d. 1041) was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire briefly in 1030, and then later from 1040 to 1041.
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Nikon the "Metanoite" (Νίκων ὁ Μετανοεῖτε, Nikon ho Metanoeite (Nikon the Repentant); born circa 930, died 998.) was a Byzantine monk, itinerant preacher, and Christian Orthodox saint.
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Nobility
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy.
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Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his death in 1002.
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Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill (Classical Latin: Palatium; Neo-Latin: Collis/Mons Palatinus; Palatino), which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Panegyric
A panegyric is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing.
Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.
Pope Gregory V
Pope Gregory V (Gregorius V; c. 972 – 18 February 999), born Bruno of Carinthia, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 May 996 to his death.
Preacher
A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people.
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Punjab
Punjab (also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is specifically located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern-Pakistan and northwestern-India.
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Revolt of Tyre (996–998)
The Revolt of Tyre was an anti-Fatimid rebellion by the populace of the city of Tyre, in modern Lebanon.
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Robert II of France
Robert II (c. 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious (le Pieux) or the Wise (le Sage), was King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty.
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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.
Roman Senate
The Roman Senate (Senātus Rōmānus) was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy.
Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.
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Romuald
Romuald (Romualdus; 951 – traditionally 19 June, c. 1025/27 AD) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism".
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Sabuktigin
Abu Mansur Nasir ad-Din wa'd-Dawla Sabuktigin (ابومنصور ناصرالدین والدوله سبکتگین; 940s – August-September 997) was the founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty, and of Ghazna from 977 to 997.
Samsam al-Dawla
Abu Kalijar Marzuban, also known as Samsam al-Dawla (of the Dynasty; c. 963 – December 998) was the Buyid amir of Iraq (983–987), as well as Fars and Kerman (988 or 989 – 998).
Samuel of Bulgaria
Samuel (also Samoil or Samuil; Самуил,; Самоил/Самуил,; Old Church Slavonic: Самоилъ; died 6 October 1014) was the Tsar (Emperor) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 6 October 1014.
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Sŏ Hŭi
Sŏ Hŭi (942 – 8 August 998) was a Korean politician and diplomat during the early days of the Goryeo period.
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Sherborne Abbey
Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St.
Siege of Zadar (998)
The siege of Zadar in 998 was part of the third Croatian–Bulgarian war and one of the last military conflicts between Croatian forces of King Svetoslav Suronja (r. 997–1000), supported by Venice and the Byzantine Empire, and the army of Emperor Samuil (r. 997–1014), who launched a large-scale Bulgarian military campaign against the Kingdom of Croatia.
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Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes
Sigfried (or Siegfried) (– 28 October 998) was count in the Ardennes, and is known in European historiography as founder and first ruler of the Castle of Luxembourg in 963 AD, and ancestor and predecessor of the future counts and dukes of Luxembourg.
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Sisinnius II of Constantinople
Sisinnius II (Sisinnios; died 24 August 998) became Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 996 and held the post until his death in 998.
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Song Qi
Song Qi (998–1061), courtesy name Zijing (子京), was a Chinese essayist, historian, poet, and politician of the Northern Song dynasty.
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Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
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Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (translit; translit; Týros) or Tyr, Sur, or Sour is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population.
Wulfsige III
Wulfsige III (or Wulfsin, Vulsin, Ultius) was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne and is considered a saint.
Yamashiro Province
was a province of Japan, located in Kinai.
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Yelü Xiuge
Yelü Xiuge (耶律休哥) (died 998) was an important Khitan general and politician in imperial China's Liao dynasty.
Zeng Gongliang
Zeng Gongliang (曾公亮, Tseng Kung-Liang; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chan Kong-liāng) (998–1078) was a Chinese scholar of the Song Dynasty, who helped write the Wujing Zongyao.
1040
Year 1040 (MXL) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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1041
Year 1041 (MXLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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1061
Year 1061 (MLXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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1065
Year 1065 (MLXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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1078
Year 1078 (MLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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940
Year 940 (CMXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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942
Year 942 (CMXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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944
Year 944 (CMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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963
Year 963 (CMLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/998
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