990

This article is about the year 990. For other uses, see 990 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century 10th century 11th century
Decades:	970s 980s 990s 1000s 1010s
Years:	987 988 989 990 991 992 993

990 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	990 CMXC
Ab urbe condita	1743
Armenian calendar	439 ԹՎ ՆԼԹ
Assyrian calendar	5740
Balinese saka calendar	911–912
Bengali calendar	397
Berber calendar	1940
Buddhist calendar	1534
Burmese calendar	352
Byzantine calendar	6498–6499
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3687 or 3480     — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3688 or 3481
Coptic calendar	706–707
Discordian calendar	2156
Ethiopian calendar	982–983
Hebrew calendar	4750–4751
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1046–1047
- Shaka Samvat	911–912
- Kali Yuga	4090–4091
Holocene calendar	10990
Iranian calendar	368–369
Islamic calendar	379–380
Japanese calendar	Eiso 3 / Shōryaku 1 (正暦元年)
Javanese calendar	891–892
Julian calendar	990 CMXC
Korean calendar	3323
Minguo calendar	922 before ROC 民前922年
Nanakshahi calendar	−478
Seleucid era	1301/1302 AG
Thai solar calendar	1532–1533
Tibetan calendar	阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1116 or 735 or −37     — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1117 or 736 or −36

Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (Portugal)

Year 990 (CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• Al-Mansur, Chancellor and effective ruler of Al-Andalus, conquers the Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (modern Portugal), expanding the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.
• The city of Lund, Sweden is founded, during the reign of the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard (approximate date).

Africa

• The Ghana Empire takes the Berber town of Aoudaghost (modern Mauritania) as the West African nation makes further gains.
• Construction of the Al-Hakim Mosque by orders of the Fatimid vizier Gawar Al-Siqilli begins in Cairo (modern Egypt).

By topic

Religion

• June – The Pax Ecclesiae, an edict by the Catholic Church, is promulgated. Held at three synods in different parts of southern and central France (at Charroux, Narbonne and Puy), it attempts to outlaw acts of war against non-combatants and the clergy.

Births

• November 11 – Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1043)
• Adamo Abate, Italian Benedictine abbot (approximate date)
• Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la, Arab Hanbali scholar and jurist (d. 1066)
• Bi Sheng, Chinese inventor of movable type printing (d. 1051)
• Chananel ben Chushiel, Tunisian Jewish rabbi (d. 1053)
• Conrad II (the Elder), Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1039)
• Edmund II (Ironside), king of England (d. 1016)
• Grigor Magistros, Armenian prince (d. 1058)
• John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg (d. 1066)
• John Vladimir, Serbian prince (approximate date)
• Kálfr Árnason, Norwegian chieftain (approximate date)
• Mieszko II, king of Poland (approximate date)
• Nissim ben Jacob, Tunisian Jewish rabbi (d. 1062)
• Theobald of Dorat, French monk and saint (d. 1070)
• Theodoric II, margrave of Lower Lusatia (d. 1034)
• Thietmar, margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (d. 1030)
• Tughril, sultan of the Seljuk Empire (d. 1063)
• Yaakov ben Yakar, German Jewish rabbi (d. 1064)
• Zhang Xian, Chinese poet and writer (d. 1078)

Deaths

• March 15 – Siegfried I (the Older), German nobleman
• March 25 – Nicodemus of Mammola, Italian monk and saint
• April 23 – Ekkehard II (the Courtier), Swiss monk and abbot
• June 15 – Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress and regent
• July 26 – Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (b. 929)
• September 16 – Folcuin, Frankish abbot of Saint Bertin
• December 10 – Folcmar (Poppo), bishop of Utrecht
• Al-Saghani, Persian astronomer and historian of science
• Al-Tamimi, Arab writer and physician (approximate date)
• Dunash ben Labrat, Arab Jewish commentator (b. 920)
• Indra Pala, ruler of the Pala Dynasty (India) (b. 960)
• Kiyohara no Motosuke, Japanese nobleman (b. 908)
• Nazif ibn Yumn, Melkite Christian mathematician and translator
• Oliba Cabreta, count of Cerdanya and Besalú (Spain)
• Qarghuyah, Hamdanid administrator and governor
• Sahl ben Matzliah, Jewish philosopher (b. 910)
• Urard Mac Coise, Irish poet (Ollamh Érenn)