Years: 979 980 981 982 - 983 - 984 985 986 987

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

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

Events

• Hugh Capet, a distant relative of the last Carolingian king of the Franks, is crowned King of France, beginning the Capetian dynasty and, arguably, modern French history.
• 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.

Births

Deaths

• Otto I the Great