    __notoc__ year 982 (cmlxxxii) was a common year starting on sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === by place === ==== americas ==== * greenland is discovered by erik the red (the first known european contact with north america). ==== europe ==== * july 13 &ndash; the kalbids troops of the emir of sicily defeat the imperial german army of otto ii near crotone. * harald bluetooth king of denmark invades norway, pillaging south-west norway all the way to stadt where he encounters haakon sigurdsson and his army and flees back to denmark ending the invasion. ==== asia ==== * yelu longxu becomes the sixth emperor of the liao dynasty. * the buyid ruler, 'adud al-dawla, establishes what was soon to become the most important hospital of baghdad. === by topic === ==== religion ==== * adalbert becomes bishop of prague. == births == * emma of normandy * atisha, bengali buddhist saint == deaths == * july 13 &ndash; pandulf ii of salerno and landulf iv of benevento (at the battle of stilo near crotone) * emperor jingzong of liao == references ==  
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