Editing 983 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; [[983 royal election|Diet of Verona]]: Emperor [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto II]] (the Red) declares war against the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the [[Emirate of Sicily]]. He assembles a large expeditionary force for a renewal of an invasion in [[Calabria]] (Southern [[Italy]]). Otto gifts the [[Rheingau]] ("Rhine District") to the [[Electorate of Mainz|Archbishopric of Mainz]] during the 'Veronese donation'. [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] is elected king of Germany and Italy.
* [[Great Slav Rising]]: The [[Polabian Slavs]] ([[Wends]]), mainly [[Lutici]] and [[Obotrites|Obotrite]] tribes living east of the [[Elbe|Elbe River]] revolt against [[Christianity]] and  their subjugation to the German (former [[East Francia|East Frankish]]) realm of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. They invade northern [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]], sacking the cities of [[Havelberg]], [[Brandenburg]] and [[Hamburg]].
* King [[Harald Bluetooth]] rebels against the overlordship of Otto II. A Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] army under his son [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] invades the [[Duchy of Schleswig|March of Schleswig]] – along the northern border of modern [[Denmark]]. The [[Sorbs|Sorb Slavs]] in northern Germany overrun and conquer the [[March of Zeitz]] (''[[Marca Geronis]]'') from [[Saxon Eastern March|Saxon]] control.
* [[December 7]] &ndash; Otto II dies from a [[fever]] in his palace at [[Rome]] after a 10-year reign. He is succeeded by his 3-year-old son, Otto III.
* [[December 25]] &ndash; Otto III is crowned at [[Aachen]] by Archbishops [[Willigis of Mainz]] and [[John X (archbishop of Ravenna)|John X of Ravenna]]. The Holy Roman Empire comes under the [[Regent|regency]] of his mother, Empress consort [[Theophanu]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [['Adud al-Dawla]], ruler ([[emir]]) of the [[Buyid dynasty|Buyid Dynasty]], dies after a 34-year reign. He is succeeded by his 20-year-old son [[Samsam al-Dawla]], who is recognised by the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]. During al-Dawla's rule his dominions are divided through civil war and revolts (until [[987]]). 
* Fall &ndash; [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] troops under the defecting [[Hamdanid dynasty|Hamdanid]] governor of [[Homs]], [[Bakjur]], attack [[Aleppo]] (modern [[Syria]]), but are repulsed through the intervention of the Byzantine army. [[Bardas Phokas the Younger|Bardas Phokas]] (the Younger) sacks the city, while Bakjur flees to Fatimid territory in [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]].

==== China ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Shengzong of Liao|Sheng Zong]] of the [[Khitan people|Khitan]]-led [[Liao dynasty|Liao Dynasty]] leads an expeditionary force against the [[Zubu]] after they killed their own ''[[Khan (title)|khan]]'' and begin to act in defiance of the Khitan.
* One of the [[Four Great Books of Song]], the encyclopedia ''[[Taiping Yulan|Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era]]'' is completed in 1,000 volumes, of 4.7 million written [[Chinese characters]].

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==== Religion ====
* [[July 10]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope Benedict VII|Benedict VII]] dies after a 9-year reign. Otto II secures the election of the imperial chancellor and appoints [[Pope John XIV|John XIV]] as the 136th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
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