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995 CE

Retainers of Takaie clash with retainers of Michinaga, on the main street of Kyoto. Michinaga’s escort, Hata no Hisatada, is killed by Takaie’s followers. Michinaga becomes Chief of the Fujiwara Clan.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • 3 June: Fujiwara no Michikane gains power and becomes Regent.source

Conflict & Security

  • 30 August - Retainers of Takaie clash with retainers of Michinaga, on the main street of Kyoto.source
  • September 28 – Boleslaus II (the Pious), duke of Bohemia, storms Libice Castle and massacres the members of the Slavník Dynasty.source
  • Arab–Byzantine War: Emperor Basil II launches a counter-campaign against the Fatimid Caliphate. He leads a Byzantine expeditionary army (13,000 men) to aid the Hamdanid emir Sa'id al-Dawla, and crosses Asia Minor in only sixteen days. Basil lifts the siege of Aleppo, and takes over the Orontes Valley. He incorporates Syria into the Byzantine Empire (including the larger city of Antioch) which is the seat of its eponymous Patriarch.source
  • In the spring, as the commissioner of Như Hồng province of Qinzhou refused to extradite Bốc Văn Dũng, a Đại Cồ Việt political criminal, more than 100 Đại Cồ Việt battleships raided Như Hồng province, plundered the residents and their food supplies before withdrawing. Until the summer, 5000 Đại Cồ Việt infantry troops attacked Namzningz but were defeated.source
  • Malachy captures Dublin for the third time.source
  • Goryeo-Khitan War: Negotiations led by the Korean diplomat Sŏ Hŭi prevents a fullscale invasion of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty. King Seongjong accepts Liao's demands – and agrees to end the alliance with the Chinese Song Dynasty. Goryeo becomes a Liao tributary state, the Khitan army (60,000 men) withdraws while Seongjong orders the Korean border defenses strengthened.source

Religion & Belief

  • Olaf Tryggvason is crowned king of Norway (and ruled until 1000) and builds the country's first Christian church.source
  • Uhtred (the Bold), a son of Ealdorman Waltheof I of Northumbria, establishes an episcopal see at Durham and moves the monastic community of Chester-le-Street there.source

Crime & Justice

  • 4 September - Michinaga’s escort, Hata no Hisatada, is killed by Takaie’s followers.source
  • 15 October - Michinaga becomes Chief of the Fujiwara Clan.source
  • King Kenneth II is murdered at a banquet by Lady Finella in Fettercairn. He is succeeded by his nephew Constantine III (a son of the late King Cuilén) as ruler of Alba (Scotland).source

Climate & Environment

  • 995 Balu earthquake. It reportedly affected the Armenian areas of Balu, Cop'k (or Covk'), Palnatun (or Palin), and the districts of Hasteank and Xorjean. The areas affected were districts in what is currently the border area between Armenia and Turkey.source

Births

  • Reginar V, French nobleman (approximate date)source
  • Shaykh Tusi, Persian Shia scholar (d. 1067)source
  • Olaf II Haraldsson (St. Olaf), king of Norway (d. 1030)source
  • Herman II, archbishop of Cologne (approximate date)source
  • William I, Norman nobleman (approximate date)source
  • Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Persian historian and writer (d. 1077)source
  • Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine (approximate date)source
  • Hemma of Gurk, German noblewoman (d. 1045)source
  • Dominic Loricatus, Italian priest and hermit (d. 1060)source
  • Cnut (the Great), king of Denmark, Norway and England (d. 1035)source

Deaths

  • March 30 – Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian statesmansource
  • May 10 – Baldwin I (or Boudewijn), bishop of Utrechtsource
  • May 16 – Fujiwara no Michitaka, Japanese nobleman (b. 953)source
  • 17 May - Fujiwara no Michitaka (imperial regent) dies.source
  • 10 June: Fujiwara no Michikane dies.source
  • June 13 – Fujiwara no Michikane, Japanese nobleman (b. 961)source
  • Michitsuna no Haha, Japanese female poetsource
  • Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin, Zirid ruler of Ifriqiyahsource
  • García Fernández, count of Castile and Álavasource
  • Egill Skallagrímsson, Viking poet (approximate date)source
  • Haakon Sigurdsson, Viking ruler (jarl) of Norwaysource
  • King Eric VI (the Victorious) dies at Uppsala, after a 25-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Olof Skötkonung, as the first baptized Christian ruler of Sweden.source
  • Eric VI (the Victorious), Viking king of Swedensource
  • Song, empress of the Song Dynasty (b. 952)source