997

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	960s  970s  980s  – 990s –  1000s  1010s  1020s
Years:	994 995 996 – 997 – 998 999 1000

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  The Bulgars are put to flight at the Battle of Spercheios (Chronicle of John Skylitzes).

997 (CMXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 1st millennium, the 97th year of the 10th century, and the 8th year of the 990s decade. As of the start of 997, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Deaths

• April 23 – Saint Adalbert of Prague (martyred)