983

Year 983 (CMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. It was the 983rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 983rd year of the 1st millennium, the 83rd year of the 10th century, and the 4th year of the 980s.

Millennium:	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

983 by topic
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Asia

• Wood carvers paid by China's Song Dynasty completed a carving of the entire Buddhist canon for printing (130,000 total blocks are made).
• The reign of Amir Adhad ad-Dowleh of Buwayhid ended.
• Sharaf ad-Dawla became Amir Buwayhid.
• The Khazar Empire ended.
• Emperor Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty led an expedition against the Zubu.
• One of the Four Great Books of Song, the encyclopedia Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era is finished in 1,000 volumes of 4.7 million written Chinese characters.

Europe

• Otto III became the King of Germany after Otto II died.
• Veronese donation during the diet of Verona. Otto gave the Rheingau to the archbishopric of Mainz.

Religion

• December – Pope John XIV becomes the 136th pope after Pope Benedict VII died.

Births

• Wulfnoth Cild
• Odo II, Count of Blois

Deaths

• 'Adud al-Daula
• Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Pope Benedict VII
• Mu'ayyad al-Daula
• Patriarch Anthony III of Constantinople

983 Media

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  Medallion of 'Adud al-Dawla (936–983)