Year 981 (CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
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By place
Europe
Asia
By topic
Exploration
Religion
Commerce
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Births
Deaths
- February 12 – ÃÂlfstan, bishop of Ramsbury
- June 20 – Adalbert, archbishop of Magdeburg
- July 9 – Ramiro Garcés, king of Viguera (Spain)
- July 12 – Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian
- August 13 – Gyeongjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 955)
- Abu'l-Faraj Muhammad, Buyid nobleman and statesman
- AmlaÃÂb Cuarán, Viking king of Scandinavian York
- Ibn Khalawayh, Persian scholar and grammar (or 980)
- Pandulf Ironhead, prince of Benevento and Capua
- SlavnÃÂk, founder of the SlavnÃÂk dynasty (Bohemia)
- Wigger I, German nobleman (approximate date)
- Zhao Defang, prince of the Song dynasty (b. 959)
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