Editing 990

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[[File:MontemorVelho-CCBY-4.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Castle of [[Montemor-o-Velho]] ([[Portugal]])]]
Year '''990''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXC]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Europe ====
* [[Almanzor|Al-Mansur]], Chancellor and effective ruler of [[Al-Andalus]], conquers the Castle of [[Montemor-o-Velho]] (modern [[Portugal]]), expanding the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] [[Caliphate of Córdoba]]. 
* The city of [[Lund]], [[Sweden]] is founded, during the reign of the [[Denmark|Danish]] king [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] (approximate date).

==== Africa ====
* The [[Ghana Empire]] takes the [[Berbers|Berber]] town of [[Aoudaghost]] (modern [[Mauritania]]) as the [[West Africa]]n nation makes further gains. 
* Construction of the [[Al-Hakim Mosque]] by orders of the [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] vizier [[Jawhar (general)|Gawar Al-Siqilli]] begins in [[Cairo]] (modern [[Egypt]]).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[June]] &ndash; The '''Pax Ecclesiae''', an edict by the [[Catholic Church]], is promulgated. Held at three synods in different parts of southern and central [[Kingdom of France|France]] (at [[Charroux Abbey|Charroux]], [[Narbonne]] and [[Puy]]), it attempts to outlaw acts of war against non-combatants and the [[clergy]].
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== Births ==
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Gisela of Swabia]], Holy Roman Empress (d. [[1043]])
* [[Adamo Abate]], Italian [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] abbot (approximate date)
* [[Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la]], Arab [[Hanbali]] scholar and jurist (d. [[1066]])
* [[Bi Sheng]], Chinese inventor of [[movable type]] printing (d. [[1051]])
* [[Chananel ben Chushiel]], Tunisian Jewish [[Talmud|rabbi]] (d. [[1053]])
* [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] ('''the Elder'''), Holy Roman Emperor  (d. [[1039]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Conrad II - Holy Roman emperor|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Conrad-II|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=8 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Edmund Ironside|Edmund II]] ('''Ironside'''), king of [[Kingdom of England|England]] (d. [[1016]])
* [[Grigor Magistros]], Armenian prince (d. [[1058]])
* [[John Scotus (bishop of Mecklenburg)|John Scotus]], bishop of [[Diocese and Prince-bishopric of Schwerin|Mecklenburg]] (d. 1066)
* [[John Vladimir]], Serbian prince (approximate date)
* [[Kálfr Árnason]], Norwegian chieftain (approximate date)
* [[Mieszko II Lambert|Mieszko II]], king of [[Greater Poland|Poland]] (approximate date)
* [[Nissim ben Jacob]], Tunisian Jewish rabbi (d. [[1062]])
* [[Theobald of Dorat]], French monk and [[saint]] (d. [[1070]])
* [[Theodoric II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia|Theodoric II]], margrave of [[March of Lusatia|Lower Lusatia]] (d. [[1034]])
* [[Thietmar, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark|Thietmar]], margrave of the [[Saxon Eastern March|Saxon Ostmark]] (d. [[1030]])
* [[Tughril]], sultan of the [[Seljuk Empire]] (d. [[1063]])
* [[Yaakov ben Yakar]], German Jewish rabbi (d. [[1064]])
* [[Zhang Xian (poet)|Zhang Xian]], Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] and writer (d. [[1078]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck|Siegfried I]] ('''the Older'''), German [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Nicodemus of Mammola]], Italian monk and saint
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Ekkehard II]] ('''the Courtier'''), Swiss monk and [[abbot]]
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Theophanu]], Holy Roman Empress and [[regent]]
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Kaneie]], Japanese statesman (b. [[929]])
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Folcuin]], Frankish abbot of [[Abbey of Saint Bertin|Saint Bertin]]
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Folcmar (bishop)|Folcmar]] ('''Poppo'''), bishop of [[Episcopal principality of Utrecht|Utrecht]]
* [[Al-Saghani]], Persian [[Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world|astronomer]] and [[History of science|historian of science]]
* [[Al-Tamimi, the physician|Al-Tamimi]], Arab writer and physician (approximate date)
* [[Dunash ben Labrat]], Arab Jewish commentator (b. [[920]])
* [[Indra Pala]], ruler of the [[Pala dynasty (Kamarupa)|Pala Dynasty]] ([[India]]) (b. [[960]])
* [[Kiyohara no Motosuke]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[908]])
* [[Nazif ibn Yumn]], Melkite Christian mathematician and translator
* [[Oliba Cabreta]], count of [[County of Cerdanya|Cerdanya]] and [[County of Besalú|Besalú]] ([[Spain]])
* [[Qarghuyah]], Hamdanid administrator and governor
* [[Sahl ben Matzliah]], Jewish philosopher (b. [[910]])
* [[Urard Mac Coise]], Irish poet ([[Ollamh Érenn]])

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