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<catset>Category="995"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="991">991</a> <a href="992">992</a> <a href="993">993</a> <a href="994">994</a> - 995 - <a href="996">996</a> <a href="997">997</a> <a href="998">998</a> <a href="999">999</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b><a href="List of decades">Decades</a>:</b></small><br><a href="960s">960s</a> <a href="970s">970s</a> <a href="980s">980s</a> - <b><a href="990s">990s</a></b> - <a href="1000s">1000s</a> <a href="1010s">1010s</a> <a href="1020s">1020s</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><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Events</h2><ul> <li>(<a href="Eric VI of Sweden">Erik Segersäll</a>) is succeeded by (<a href="Olof of Sweden">Olof Skötkonung</a>), the first baptized ruler of <a href="Sweden">Sweden</a>. See <a href="List of Swedish monarchs">Swedish monarchs</a>. <li><a href="Basil II">Basil II</a> lifts the siege of <a href="Aleppo">Aleppo</a> by mounting his entire army and transferring it across <a href="Anatolia">Anatolia</a> in sixteen days. <li><a href="Constantine III of Scotland">Constantine III</a> king of <a href="Scotland">Scotland</a>. <li><a href="Boleslav II of Bohemia">Boleslaus II of Bohemia</a> massacres the <a href="Slavník's dynasty">Slavnik's dynasty</a> at Libice </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Births</h2><ul> <li> <a href="Canute the Great">Canute the Great</a> (approximate) (d. <a href="1035">1035</a>) <li> <a href="Guido of Arezzo">Guido of Arezzo</a>, Italian musician (d. <a href="1050">1050</a>) <li> <a href="Abolfazl Beyhaghi">Abolfazl Beyhaghi</a>, Persian historian and author (d. <a href="1077">1077</a>) <li> <a href="Olaf II of Norway">Olaf II of Norway</a> (d.<a href="1030">1030</a>) </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Deaths</h2><ul> <li><a href="February 5">February 5</a> - <a href="William IV of Aquitaine">William IV, Duke of Aquitaine</a> (b. <a href="937">937</a>) <li><a href="Henry II, Duke of Bavaria">Henry II, Duke of Bavaria</a> (b.<a href="951">951</a>) <li><a href="Kenneth II of Scotland">Kenneth II of Scotland</a> (possibly murdered) </ul>