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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 960s 970s 980s – 990s – 1000s 1010s 1020s |
| Years: | 991 992 993 – 994 – 995 996 997 |
Year 994 (CMXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Sweyn Forkbeard marries Sigrid the Haughty.
- Otto III reaches his majority and begins to rule Germany.
- Aethelred II pays £16,000 of Danegeld to Olaf Trygvasson.
Middle East
- September 15 – Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid victory over a Byzantine army led by Michael Bourtzes
Births
- November 7 – Ibn Hazm, Arab philosopher (d. 1069)
- Simeon, first Norman abbot of Ely Abbey
- Imam Bayhaqi Scholar of Islamic Faith
Deaths
- Margrave Leopold I of Austria
- Sigeric the Serious
- John Weir the Great, King of the Nords