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Year 984 (CMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • Emperor Kazan succeeds Emperor En'yū on the throne of Japan.
  • The Song Dynasty Chinese engineer Qiao Wei innovates the first known use of the double-gated canal pound lock, for adjusting different water levels in segments of the Grand Canal of China. This dramatically helps the passage of ships, in segments with rougher waters leading slightly downhill. Qiao also has roof hangers built over the segments where double gates are installed, increasing the amount of safety for passing ships.

    • Europe

  • Henry II, Duke of Bavaria abducts the child king Otto III.
  • The settlement of Greenland is established by the Norse.

    • Religion

  • August 20 – Antipope Boniface VII murders Pope John XIV.

    • Births

  • Ch'oe Ch'ung, Korean scholar
  • Theodora Porphyrogenita (11th century)

    • Deaths

  • July 7 – Crescentius the Elder, politician and aristocrat
  • Pope John XIV
  • Buluggin ibn Ziri, first official ruler of the Zirid dynasty
  • Edith of Wilton
  • Ragnhild Eriksdotter

    • References

    984 Wikipedia
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