Years: 978 979 980 981 - 982 - 983 984 985 986

Decades: 950s 960s 970s - 980s - 990s 1000s 1010s

Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century

Events

• Greenland founded by Erik the Red ; first contact of Europeans with North America

Births

• Emma of Normandy
• Atisha the Bengali Buddhist Saint

Deaths