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<catset>Category="982"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="978">978</a> <a href="979">979</a> <a href="980">980</a> <a href="981">981</a> - 982 - <a href="983">983</a> <a href="984">984</a> <a href="985">985</a> <a href="986">986</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b><a href="List of decades">Decades</a>:</b></small><br><a href="950s">950s</a> <a href="960s">960s</a> <a href="970s">970s</a> - <b><a href="980s">980s</a></b> - <a href="990s">990s</a> <a href="1000s">1000s</a> <a href="1010s">1010s</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><p><b>Events</b> <ul> <li> <a href="Greenland">Greenland</a> founded by <a href="Erik the Red (comics)">Erik the Red</a> ; first contact of Europeans with North America <li> <a href="Adalbert of Prague">Adalbert</a> becomes <a href="Archbishop of Prague">Bishop of Prague</a>. <li> <a href="Kalbids">Kalbids</a> defeat <a href="Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto II</a> near <a href="Croton">Crotone</a>. </ul><p><b>Births</b> <ul> <li> <a href="Emma of Normandy">Emma of Normandy</a> <li> <a href="Atisha">Atisha</a> the Bengali Buddhist Saint </ul> <b>Deaths</b>