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| 976 |
| | | Leopold, of the Babenberg family, becomes margrave of Austria and founds a dynasty which lasts for three centuries | |
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| c. 981 |
| | | Eric Thorvaldsson, or Eric the Red, sails to Greenland when he is exiled from Iceland | |
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| 986 |
| | | The Khitan, a tribe from eastern Mongolia, fortify Beijing and make it their capital city | |
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| 987 |
| | | The Mayan city of Chichén Itzá is captured by the Toltecs | |
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| 987 |
| | | Hugh Capet, a Frankish noble elected king of west Francia, establishes the royal dynasty of France. | |
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| 987 |
| | | Hugh Capet is the first in an unbroken line of twelve generations on the throne of France | |
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| c. 987 |
| | | Vladimir, the prince of Kiev, decides that Greek Orthodoxy is the most suitable religion for the Russian people | |
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| 991 |
| | | New waves of Danes, raiding into the English territory of Danelaw, are bought off by Ethelred with Danegeld | |
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| c. 995 |
| | | Sei Shonagon, a lady-in-waiting to the Japanese empress, records her thoughts and impressions in her Pillow Book | |
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| 999 |
| | | Mahmud, a Turk, builds an empire based on Ghazni (in modern Afghanistan) | |
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