What is 995?
{{Year nav|995}} {{Year in various calendars|995}} {{Year article header|995}} == Events == * [[Eric the Victorious|Erik Segersäll]] is replaces by [[Olof Skötkonung]], the first [[baptize]]d ruler of [[Sweden]] (see [[Swedish monarchs]]). * [[Basil II]] lifts the siege of [[Aleppo]] by bringing his entire army across [[Anatolia]] in sixteen days. * [[Constantine III of Scotland|Constantine III]] becomes king of [[Scotland]]. * [[Boleslaus II of Bohemia]] kills the [[Slavnik's dynasty]] at Libice. * [[Olaf I of Norway|Olaf Tryggvason]] is made king of [[Norway]] and builds the country's first church. == Births == * [[Canute the Great]] (approximate) (d. [[1035]]) * [[Guido of Arezzo]], Italian musician (d. [[1050]]) * [[Abolfazl Beyhaghi]], Persian historian and writer (d. [[1077]]) * [[Olaf II of Norway]] (d.[[1030]]) == Deaths == * [[February 5]] — [[William IV of Aquitaine|William IV, Duke of Aquitaine]] (b. [[937]]) * [[Henry II, Duke of Bavaria]] (b.[[951]]) * [[Kenneth II of Scotland]] (possibly [[murder]]ed) * [[Haakon Sigurdsson]] earl (and [[de facto]] ruler) of Norway [[Category:995| ]]