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Year 980 (CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Europe

  • Otto II renounces his claim to Lorraine.
  • The Viking ring castle of Trelleborg is constructed in Denmark.
  • Notger founds the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, which will remain an independent state inside the Holy Roman Empire for more than 800 years, and where the Walloon language will develop.
  • Vladimir I of Kiev starts to rule in Russia.

    • Asia

  • The Dari dialect (which will become the major language of Persia) is developed in the royal courts of the Samanids in Central Asia.
  • Kamboja rule in Bengal is deposed by resurgent Palas.
  • The Zanj Empire is founded by Ali ibn Hasan, succeeding the Kilwa Empire.

    • Americas

  • Topiltzin starts to rule (approximate date).
  • Tula becomes the Toltec capital.

    • Births

  • Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden 995–1022 (approximate date)
  • Avicenna
  • Emperor Ichijō of Japan
  • Godiva, Countess of Mercia
  • Humbert I of Savoy
  • Leif Ericson
  • Malcolm II of Scotland
  • Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor

    • Deaths

  • Minamoto no Hiromasa
  • Vācaspati Miśra
  • Yaropolk I of Kiev
  • Gunnhild, Mother of Kings

    • References

    980 Wikipedia
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