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<catset>Category="998"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="995">995</a> <a href="996">996</a> <a href="997">997</a> - 998 - <a href="999">999</a> <a href="1000">1000</a> <a href="1001">1001</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><p><b>Events</b> <ul> <li> <a href="Benedictine">Benedictine</a> abbey founded at <a href="Sherborne Abbey">Sherborne</a> </ul><p><b>Births</b><p><b>Deaths</b> <ul> <li> <a href="Abul Wáfa">Abu'l-Wafa</a>, iranian mathematician </ul>