987

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	950s  960s  970s  – 980s –  990s  1000s  1010s
Years:	984 985 986 – 987 – 988 989 990

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987 (CMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 1st millennium, the 87th year of the 10th century, and the 8th year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 987, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Hugh Capet, Count of Paris, crowned King of France
• Kukulcan conquers Chichen Itza

Births

• Earl Godwin of Wessex, Anglo Saxon nobleman (died 1053)
• Liu Yong, Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty

Deaths

• May 21 King Louis V of France