995
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
Decades: | 960s 970s 980s – 990s – 1000s 1010s 1020s |
Years: | 992 993 994 – 995 – 996 997 998 |
Gregorian calendar | 995 CMXCV |
Ab urbe condita | 1748 |
Armenian calendar | 444 ԹՎ ՆԽԴ |
Assyrian calendar | 5745 |
Balinese saka calendar | 916–917 |
Bengali calendar | 402 |
Berber calendar | 1945 |
Buddhist calendar | 1539 |
Burmese calendar | 357 |
Byzantine calendar | 6503–6504 |
Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3691 or 3631 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3692 or 3632 |
Coptic calendar | 711–712 |
Discordian calendar | 2161 |
Ethiopian calendar | 987–988 |
Hebrew calendar | 4755–4756 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1051–1052 |
- Shaka Samvat | 916–917 |
- Kali Yuga | 4095–4096 |
Holocene calendar | 10995 |
Iranian calendar | 373–374 |
Islamic calendar | 384–385 |
Japanese calendar | Shōryaku 6 / Chōtoku 1 (長徳元年) |
Javanese calendar | 896–897 |
Julian calendar | 995 CMXCV |
Korean calendar | 3328 |
Minguo calendar | 917 before ROC 民前917年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −473 |
Seleucid era | 1306/1307 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1537–1538 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1121 or 740 or −32 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1122 or 741 or −31 |
995 (CMXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 995th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 995th year of the 1st millennium, the 95th year of the 10th century, and the 6th year of the 990s decade. As of the start of 995, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- Erik Segersäll is replaces by Olof Skötkonung, the first baptized ruler of Sweden (see Swedish monarchs).
- Basil II lifts the siege of Aleppo by bringing his entire army across Anatolia in sixteen days.
- Constantine III becomes king of Scotland.
- Boleslaus II of Bohemia kills the Slavnik's dynasty at Libice.
- Olaf Tryggvason is made king of Norway and builds the country's first church.
Births
[change | change source]- Canute the Great (approximate) (d. 1035)
- Guido of Arezzo, Italian musician (d. 1050)
- Abolfazl Beyhaghi, Persian historian and writer (d. 1077)
- Olaf II of Norway (d.1030)
Deaths
[change | change source]- February 5 — William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
- Henry II, Duke of Bavaria (b.951)
- Kenneth II of Scotland (possibly murdered)
- Haakon Sigurdsson earl (and de facto ruler) of Norway