981
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 978 979 980 – 981 – 982 983 984 |
| Gregorian calendar | 981 CMLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1734 |
| Armenian calendar | 430 ԹՎ ՆԼ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5731 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 902–903 |
| Bengali calendar | 388 |
| Berber calendar | 1931 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1525 |
| Burmese calendar | 343 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6489–6490 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3677 or 3617 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3678 or 3618 |
| Coptic calendar | 697–698 |
| Discordian calendar | 2147 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 973–974 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4741–4742 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1037–1038 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 902–903 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4081–4082 |
| Holocene calendar | 10981 |
| Iranian calendar | 359–360 |
| Islamic calendar | 370–371 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengen 4 (天元４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 882–883 |
| Julian calendar | 981 CMLXXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3314 |
| Minguo calendar | 931 before ROC 民前931年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −487 |
| Seleucid era | 1292/1293 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1523–1524 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1107 or 726 or −46 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1108 or 727 or −45 |
981 (CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 981st year of the 1st millennium, the 81st year of the 10th century, and the 2nd year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 981, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Births
[change | change source]- Princess Theodora, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.