This article is about the year 999. For the number, see 999 (number). 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 |
Bahá'í calendar | -845–-844 |
Bengali calendar | 406 |
Berber calendar | 1949 |
English Regnal year | N/A |
Buddhist calendar | 1543 |
Burmese calendar | 361 |
Byzantine calendar | 6507–6508 |
Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十二月十一日 (3635/3695-12-11) — to —
己亥年十一月廿一日(3636/3696-11-21) |
Coptic calendar | 715–716 |
Ethiopian calendar | 991–992 |
Hebrew calendar | 4759–4760 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1055–1056 |
- Shaka Samvat | 921–922 |
- Kali Yuga | 4100–4101 |
Holocene calendar | 10999 |
Iranian calendar | 377–378 |
Islamic calendar | 389–390 |
Japanese calendar | |
Julian calendar | 999 CMXCIX |
Korean calendar | 3332 |
Minguo calendar | 913 before ROC 民前913年 |
Thai solar calendar | 1542 |
Year 999 (CMXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland.
- The Orsay commune is founded.
Asia
- The Samanid Dynasty ends with the invasion of the Karakhanids from north of the river Sir-Darya.
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
Deaths
- February 7 – Boleslaus II, 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