981

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	950s  960s  970s  – 980s –  990s  1000s  1010s
Years:	978 979 980 – 981 – 982 983 984

981 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	981 CMLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	1734
Armenian calendar	430 ԹՎ ՆԼ
Assyrian calendar	5731
Balinese saka calendar	902–903
Bengali calendar	388
Berber calendar	1931
Buddhist calendar	1525
Burmese calendar	343
Byzantine calendar	6489–6490
Chinese calendar	庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3677 or 3617     — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3678 or 3618
Coptic calendar	697–698
Discordian calendar	2147
Ethiopian calendar	973–974
Hebrew calendar	4741–4742
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1037–1038
- Shaka Samvat	902–903
- Kali Yuga	4081–4082
Holocene calendar	10981
Iranian calendar	359–360
Islamic calendar	370–371
Japanese calendar	Tengen 4 (天元４年)
Javanese calendar	882–883
Julian calendar	981 CMLXXXI
Korean calendar	3314
Minguo calendar	931 before ROC 民前931年
Nanakshahi calendar	−487
Seleucid era	1292/1293 AG
Thai solar calendar	1523–1524
Tibetan calendar	阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1107 or 726 or −46     — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1108 or 727 or −45

981 (CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 981st year of the 1st millennium, the 81st year of the 10th century, and the 2nd year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 981, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Births

• Princess Theodora, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.