996 40025 210952661 2008-05-08T02:52:14Z Escarbot 1554195 robot Adding: [[gd:996]] {{For|the car|Porsche 996}} {{year nav|996}} {{M1YearInTopic}} __NOTOC__ ==Events== ===By Place=== ====Europe==== * [[March]]/[[April]] — [[Pope John XV]] dies before being able to crown [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]], [[List of German Kings and Emperors|King of Germany]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. Otto resides in [[Pavia]] while waiting for the election of the next [[Pope]]. * [[May 21]] — Sixteen-year-old [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] is crowned [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by his cousin [[Pope Gregory V]]. * [[October 24]] — [[Hugh Capet of France|Hugh Capet]], [[King of France]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Robert II of France]]. * [[November 1]] — Emperor [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name ''[[Ostarrîchi]]'' ([[Austria]] in [[Old High German]]). ====Asia==== * [[Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah]], fifth [[Fatimid]] [[Caliph]] in [[History of Arab Egypt|Egypt]], dies and is succeeded by his son [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]]. * The [[Niujie Mosque]] is constructed in [[Beijing]]. ===By Topic=== ====Religion==== * [[May 3]] — [[Pope Gregory V]] succeeds [[Pope John XV]] as the 138th [[pope]]. He was 24-year-old Bruno of [[Carinthia (duchy)|Carinthia]], grandson of [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]] and first cousin of Otto III. He is the first [[Holy Roman Empire|German]] Pope. ==Births== * [[Drogo of Mantes]], count of Valois and the Vexin ==Deaths== * [[March]]/[[April]] — [[Pope John XV]] * [[October 24]] — [[Hugh Capet of France|Hugh Capet]], [[King of France]] (b. [[938]]) * [[November 20]] — [[Richard I of Normandy]] * [[Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah]], fifth [[Fatimid]] [[Caliph]] in [[History of Arab Egypt|Egypt]] * [[Li Fang]], Chinese scholar and encyclopedist (born [[925]]) [[Category:996]] [[af:996]] [[am:996 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:996]] [[an:996]] [[ast:996]] [[az:996]] [[bn:৯৯৬]] [[map-bms:996]] [[be:996]] [[be-x-old:996]] [[bh:९९६]] [[bs:996]] [[br:996]] [[bg:996]] [[ca:996]] [[cv:996]] [[cs:996]] [[co:996]] [[cy:996]] [[da:996]] [[de:996]] [[et:996]] [[el:996]] [[es:996]] [[eo:996]] [[eu:996]] [[fr:996]] [[gd:996]] [[gl:996]] [[ko:996년]] [[hi:996]] [[hr:996.]] [[io:996]] [[bpy:মারি ৯৯৬]] [[id:996]] [[it:996]] [[he:996]] [[jv:996]] [[ka:996]] [[csb:996]] [[sw:996]] [[ht:996 (almanak jilyen)]] [[la:996]] [[lb:996]] [[lmo:996]] [[hu:996]] [[mk:996]] [[mi:996]] [[mr:इ.स. ९९६]] [[ms:996]] [[nah:996]] [[nl:996]] [[new:९९६]] [[ja:996年]] [[nap:996]] [[no:996]] [[nn:996]] [[nrm:996]] [[oc:996]] [[uz:996]] [[pi:९९६]] [[pl:996]] [[pt:996]] [[ksh:Joohr 996]] [[ro:996]] [[ru:996 год]] [[sa:९९६]] [[sq:996]] [[scn:996]] [[simple:996]] [[sk:996]] [[sl:996]] [[sr:996]] [[su:996]] [[fi:996]] [[sv:996]] [[tt:996]] [[th:พ.ศ. 1539]] [[tr:996]] [[uk:996]] [[vec:996]] [[zh-yue:996年]] [[zh:996年]]