985

985 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	985; CMLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	1738
Armenian calendar	434; ԹՎ ՆԼԴ
Assyrian calendar	5735
Balinese saka calendar	906–907
Bengali calendar	392
Berber calendar	1935
Buddhist calendar	1529
Burmese calendar	347
Byzantine calendar	6493–6494
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey); 3682 or 3475; — to —; 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster); 3683 or 3476
Coptic calendar	701–702
Discordian calendar	2151
Ethiopian calendar	977–978
Hebrew calendar	4745–4746
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1041–1042
- Shaka Samvat	906–907
- Kali Yuga	4085–4086
Holocene calendar	10985
Iranian calendar	363–364
Islamic calendar	374–375
Japanese calendar	Eikan 3 / Kanna 1; (寛和元年)
Javanese calendar	886–887
Julian calendar	985; CMLXXXV
Korean calendar	3318
Minguo calendar	927 before ROC; 民前927年
Nanakshahi calendar	−483
Seleucid era	1296/1297 AG
Thai solar calendar	1527–1528
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年; (male Wood-Monkey); 1111 or 730 or −42; — to —; 阴木鸡年; (female Wood-Rooster); 1112 or 731 or −41

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	960s; 970s; 980s ; 990s; 1000s;
Years:	982; 983; 984; 985 ; 986; 987; 988;

Year 985 (CMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

Summer – Henry II (the Wrangler) is restored as duke of Bavaria by Empress Theophanu and her mother-in-law Adelaide at an Hoftag assembly in Rohr (Thuringia). King Otto III (5-years old) remains under the regency of the two empresses in the Holy Roman Empire and in the Kingdom of Italy.^[1]
Battle of Fýrisvellir: King Eric the Victorious defeats a Swedish Viking army under Styrbjörn the Strong (his nephew) near Uppsala.
July 6 – The city of Barcelona is sacked by Moorish troops under Al-Mansur, the de facto ruler of Al-Andalus (modern-day Spain).^[2]

Lady Wulfrun, an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, is granted land by King Æthelred II (the Unready). She founds Heantune that later becomes the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.^[3]

Raja Raja Chola I (considered by many as the greatest emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes ruler of the Chola Dynasty. During his reign he expands his domains beyond South India.

Greenland is colonized by the Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (according to legend, but has been established as approximately correct – see History of Greenland).

July 20 – Anti-Pope Boniface VII dies under suspicious circumstances at Rome. He is succeeded by John XV as the 137th pope of the Catholic Church.
Amalfitan Benedictines found the only Latin Christian monastery on Mount Athos with the support of John the Iberian. The monastery will last until 1287.

^ Reuter, Timothy (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 256. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
^ Boissonade, B. (1934). "Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)". Bulletin Hispanique. 36 (1): 5–28. doi:10.3406/hispa.1934.2607.
^ "Lady Wulfruna c. 935-1005, Founder of the City". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
^ "Boniface VII". Oxford Reference. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

Gregorian calendar	985 CMLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	1738
Armenian calendar	434 ԹՎ ՆԼԴ
Assyrian calendar	5735
Balinese saka calendar	906–907
Bengali calendar	392
Berber calendar	1935
Buddhist calendar	1529
Burmese calendar	347
Byzantine calendar	6493–6494
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3682 or 3475 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3683 or 3476
Coptic calendar	701–702
Discordian calendar	2151
Ethiopian calendar	977–978
Hebrew calendar	4745–4746
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1041–1042
- Shaka Samvat	906–907
- Kali Yuga	4085–4086
Holocene calendar	10985
Iranian calendar	363–364
Islamic calendar	374–375
Japanese calendar	Eikan 3 / Kanna 1 (寛和元年)
Javanese calendar	886–887
Julian calendar	985 CMLXXXV
Korean calendar	3318
Minguo calendar	927 before ROC 民前927年
Nanakshahi calendar	−483
Seleucid era	1296/1297 AG
Thai solar calendar	1527–1528
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1111 or 730 or −42 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1112 or 731 or −41