999
This article is about the year 999. For the emergency telephone number, see 999 (emergency telephone number). For other uses, see 999 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 9th century · 10th century · 11th century |
| Decades: | 960s · 970s · 980s · 990s · 1000s · 1010s · 1020s |
| Years: | 996 · 997 · 998 · 999 · 1000 · 1001 · 1002 |
| 999 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 999 CMXCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1752 |
| Armenian calendar | 448 ԹՎ ՆԽԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5749 |
| Bengali calendar | 406 |
| Berber calendar | 1949 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1543 |
| Burmese calendar | 361 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6507–6508 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3695 or 3635 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3696 or 3636 |
| Coptic calendar | 715–716 |
| Discordian calendar | 2165 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 991–992 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4759–4760 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1055–1056 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 920–921 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4099–4100 |
| Holocene calendar | 10999 |
| Iranian calendar | 377–378 |
| Islamic calendar | 389–390 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōtoku 5 / Chōhō 1 (長保元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 900–901 |
| Julian calendar | 999 CMXCIX |
| Korean calendar | 3332 |
| Minguo calendar | 913 before ROC 民前913年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −469 |
| Seleucid era | 1310/1311 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1541–1542 |
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Year 999 (CMXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Depending on how one defines a millennium, 999 was either the last or second-to-last year of the first millennium.
Events
By place
Asia
- The Liao Dynasty Emperor Shengzong commences annual attacks against the Song Dynasty of China
- The Samanid Dynasty ends with the invasion of the Karakhanids from north of the river Syr-Darya
- The Marth Mariam Forane Church is established in Arakuzha village in Kerala
Europe
- Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland.
- The Orsay commune is founded
By topic
Religion
- April 2 – Gerbert of Aurillac becomes Pope Silvester II and succeeds Pope Gregory V as the 139th pope
- Sigmundur Brestisson introduces Christianity in the Faroe Islands
- Christianity is adopted in Iceland
Births
- Bao Zheng, Chinese magistrate and ruler of Kaifeng (d. 1062)
Deaths
- February 7 – Boleslaus II the Pious, Duke of Bohemia
- February 18 – Pope Gregory V (b. c. 972)
- December 16 – Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
- December – Elisabeth of Vendôme, wife of Fulk III of Anjou (aka Fulk the Black)
- Maredudd ab Owain, King of Gwynedd
- Subh of Cordoba, mother and regent of the Caliph of Cordoba (b. 940) (approximate date)
References
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