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<catset>Category="979"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="975">975</a> <a href="976">976</a> <a href="977">977</a> <a href="978">978</a> - 979 - <a href="980">980</a> <a href="981">981</a> <a href="982">982</a> <a href="983">983</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b><a href="List of decades">Decades</a>:</b></small><br><a href="940s">940s</a> <a href="950s">950s</a> <a href="960s">960s</a> - <b><a href="970s">970s</a></b> - <a href="980s">980s</a> <a href="990s">990s</a> <a href="1000s">1000s</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center><small><b><a href="Centuries">Centuries</a>:</b></small><br><a href="9th century">9th century</a> - <b><a href="10th century">10th century</a></b> - <a href="11th century">11th century</a></td></tr></table><p></right> <b>Events:</b> <ul> <li> The <a href="Tynwald">Tynwald</a>, the parliament of the <a href="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>, is founded. <li> <a href="Ethelred II of England">Ethelred</a> succeeds his brother <a href="Edward the Martyr">Edward</a> as king of <a href="England">England</a> <li> <a href="Jawhar as-Siqilli">Jawhar as-Siqilli</a> dismissed as <a href="Vizier">Vizir</a> of <a href="Egypt">Egypt</a>, replaced by <a href="Yaqub ibn Killis">Yaqub ibn Killis</a> </ul><p><b>Births:</b> <ul> <li> <a href="Estrid of the Obotrites">Estrid of the Obotrites</a>, future wife of king <a href="Olof of Sweden">Olaf Skötkonung</a> of <a href="Sweden">Sweden</a> </ul><p><b>Deaths:</b>