986

Europe

 * — becomes King of the
 * becomes

Asia

 * End of the reign of ,
 * ascends to the throne of
 * The sends armies on three fronts against the  in the  but are defeated on all fronts.
 * One of the, the Chinese encyclopdia  is finished in this year, with a total of 1000 volumes representing the work of some 2,200 authors.

Americas

 * Explorer becomes the first inhabitant of the Old World to sight

Deaths

 * —, King of the Franks,
 * —, Muslim astronomer