995

Events 
 Erik Segersäll is replaces by Olof Skötkonung, the first baptized ruler of Sweden  (see Swedish monarchs).
 Basil II lifts the siege of Aleppo by bringing his entire army across Anatolia in sixteen days.
 Constantine III becomes king of Scotland.
 Boleslaus II of Bohemia kills the Slavnik's dynasty at Libice.
 Olaf Tryggvason is made king of Norway and builds the country's first church.

 Births 
 Canute the Great (approximate) (d. 1035)
 Guido of Arezzo, Italian musician (d. 1050)
 Abolfazl Beyhaghi, Persian historian and writer (d. 1077)
 Olaf II of Norway (d.1030)

 Deaths 
 February 5 — William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
 Henry II, Duke of Bavaria (b.951)
 Kenneth II of Scotland (possibly murdered)
 Haakon Sigurdsson earl (and de facto ruler) of Norway