980

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	950s  960s  970s  – 980s –  990s  1000s  1010s
Years:	977 978 979 – 980 – 981 982 983

980 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	980 CMLXXX
Ab urbe condita	1733
Armenian calendar	429 ԹՎ ՆԻԹ
Assyrian calendar	5730
Balinese saka calendar	901–902
Bengali calendar	387
Berber calendar	1930
Buddhist calendar	1524
Burmese calendar	342
Byzantine calendar	6488–6489
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3676 or 3616     — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3677 or 3617
Coptic calendar	696–697
Discordian calendar	2146
Ethiopian calendar	972–973
Hebrew calendar	4740–4741
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1036–1037
- Shaka Samvat	901–902
- Kali Yuga	4080–4081
Holocene calendar	10980
Iranian calendar	358–359
Islamic calendar	369–370
Japanese calendar	Tengen 3 (天元３年)
Javanese calendar	881–882
Julian calendar	980 CMLXXX
Korean calendar	3313
Minguo calendar	932 before ROC 民前932年
Nanakshahi calendar	−488
Seleucid era	1291/1292 AG
Thai solar calendar	1522–1523
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1106 or 725 or −47     — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1107 or 726 or −46

980 (CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 1st millennium, the 80th year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 980, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• February 13 Burial of Edward the Martyr at Most Holy Mother of God Church in Wareham, Dorset

Births

for more information, see Category:980 births.