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Contents

Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Wood carvers commissioned by China's Song Dynasty complete a carving of the entire Buddhist canon for printing. 130,000 blocks are produced in total.

★ End of reign of amir Adhad ad-Dowleh of Buwayhid, who ruled from 949 to 983 AD.

★ Sharaf ad-Dawla becomes amir Buwayhid.

★ End of Khazar (Caspian) Empire (651–983 AD)

★ Emperor Shengzong leads a Liao Dynasty expeditionary force against the Zubu.

★ One of the Four Great Books of Song, the encyclopedia ''Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era'' is completed in 1000 volumes of 4.7 million written Chinese characters.

Europe

★ Otto III became King of Germany following the death of Otto II.

By Topic

Religion

★ December — Pope John XIV succeeds Pope Benedict VII as the 136th pope.

Births

★ Odo II, Count of Blois

★ Wulfnoth Cild

Deaths

★ Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

★ 'Adud al-Daula

★ Pope Benedict VII

★ Mu'ayyad al-Daula

★ Patriarch Anthony III of Constantinople