Millennia:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century - 10th century - 11th century
Decades:	950s 960s 970s - 980s - 990s 1000s 1010s
Years:	980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and Trends

• 983 — Pagan West Slavs revolt, temporarily ending attempts at conversion and forcing abandonment of German sees and monasteries east of the Elbe
• Kievan Rus' accepts Eastern Orthodox Christianity
• Håkon Hladirjarl of Norway defeats the Danes at Hjørungavågr