985

Events 
 Barcelona sacked by Al-Mansur
 Greenland colonized by Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (the date is according to legend but has been established as at least approximately correct – see History of Greenland)
 Lady Wulfruna founded the town that later became the city of Wolverhampton
 Henry the Wrangler restored as Duke of Bavaria
 Rajaraja Chola I becomes the Chola Emperor and brings in another golden era of Chola Empire
 Births 
 Emma of Normandy, Queen of England and first Queen Mother of England; mother of Edward the Confessor and aunt of William the Conqueror (died 1055)