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Castle of Montemor-o-Velho (Portugal ) Year 990 (CMXC ) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
Events By place Europe Africa By topic Religion June – The Pax Ecclesiae , an edict by the Catholic Church , is promulgated. Held at three synods in different parts of southern and central France (at Charroux , Narbonne and Puy ), it attempts to outlaw acts of war against non-combatants and the clergy .Births November 11 – Gisela of Swabia , Holy Roman Empress (d. 1043 )Adamo Abate , Italian 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 rabbi (d. 1053 )Conrad II (the Elder ), Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1039 )[1] Edmund II (Ironside ), king of England (d. 1016 )Grigor Magistros , Armenian prince (d. 1058 )John Scotus , bishop of Mecklenburg (d. 1066)John Vladimir , Serbian prince (approximate date)Kálfr Árnason , Norwegian chieftain (approximate date)Mieszko II , king of 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 (d. 1034 )Thietmar , margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (d. 1030 )Tughril , sultan of the Seljuk Empire (d. 1063 )Yaakov ben Yakar , German Jewish rabbi (d. 1064 )Zhang Xian , Chinese poet and writer (d. 1078 )Deaths March 15 – Siegfried I (the Older ), German nobleman March 25 – Nicodemus of Mammola , Italian monk and saintApril 23 – Ekkehard II (the Courtier ), Swiss monk and abbot June 15 – Theophanu , Holy Roman Empress and regent July 26 – Fujiwara no Kaneie , Japanese statesman (b. 929 )September 16 – Folcuin , Frankish abbot of Saint Bertin December 10 – Folcmar (Poppo ), bishop of Utrecht Al-Saghani , Persian astronomer and historian of science Al-Tamimi , Arab writer and physician (approximate date)Dunash ben Labrat , Arab Jewish commentator (b. 920 )Indra Pala , ruler of the Pala Dynasty (India ) (b. 960 )Kiyohara no Motosuke , Japanese nobleman (b. 908 )Nazif ibn Yumn , Melkite Christian mathematician and translatorOliba Cabreta , count of Cerdanya and Besalú (Spain )Qarghuyah , Hamdanid administrator and governorSahl ben Matzliah , Jewish philosopher (b. 910 )Urard Mac Coise , Irish poet (Ollamh Érenn )References