What is 988?
{{Year nav|988}} {{Year in various calendars|988}} {{Year article header|988}} == Events == * [[Al-Azhar University]] is founded in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]. It is the 2nd oldest university in the world. * [[Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev]] marries Anna, sister of Byzantine emperor [[Basil II]] and converts to Christianity. [[Baptism of Kievan Rus']]. * [[Abbo of Fleury|Abbo]] becomes abbot at [[Fleury]] * Baile Átha Cliath ([[Dublin]], Ireland) was founded. * [[Liao Dynasty]] adopts civil service examinations in the Southern Chancellery based on [[Tang Dynasty]] models. == Births == * King [[Edmund II of England]], English royal (died [[1016]]) * [[Tilopa]], Indian [[tantra|tantric practitioner]] and [[mahasiddha]] == Deaths == *[[May 19]] – [[Saint Dunstan]], Archbishop of Canterbury (b. [[909]]) [[Category:988| ]]