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<catset>Category="996"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="993">993</a> <a href="994">994</a> <a href="995">995</a> - 996 - <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="Master of Architecture">March</a>/<a href="April">April</a> - <a href="Pope John XV">Pope John XV</a> dies before being being able to coronate <a href="Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto III</a>, King of Germany as <a href="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>. Otto resides in <a href="Pavia">Pavia</a> while waiting for the election of the next <a href="Pope">Pope</a>. <li> <a href="May 3">May 3</a> - Twenty-four year old Bruno of Carinthia, grandson of <a href="Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor</a> and first cousin of Otto III, is elected <a href="Pope Gregory V">Pope Gregory V</a>. He is the first German Pope. <li> <a href="May 21">May 21</a> - Sixteen year old <a href="Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto III</a> is crowned <a href="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a> by his cousin <a href="Pope Gregory V">Pope Gregory V</a>. <li> <a href="October 24">October 24</a> - Hugh Capet, <a href="List of French monarchs">King of France</a> dies and is succeeded by his son <a href="Robert II of France">Robert II of France</a>. <li> <a href="Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah">Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah</a>, fifth <a href="Fatimid">Fatimid</a> <a href="Caliph">Caliph</a> in Egypt dies and is succeeded by his son <a href="Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah">Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah</a>. <li> <a href="November 1">November 1</a> - Emperor <a href="Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto III</a> issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name <i><a href="Ostarrîchi">Ostarrîchi</a></i> (<a href="Austria">Austria</a> in <a href="Old High German">Old High German</a>). <li> <a href="Niujie Mosque">Niujie Mosque</a> constructed in <a href="Beijing">Beijing</a> </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> </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="Master of Architecture">March</a>/<a href="April">April</a> - <a href="Pope John XV">Pope John XV</a> <li><a href="October 24">October 24</a> - Hugh Capet, <a href="List of French monarchs">King of France</a> (b. <a href="938">938</a>) <li><a href="Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah">Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah</a>, fifth <a href="Fatimid">Fatimid</a> <a href="Caliph">Caliph</a> in Egypt </ul>