• Prince of Kiev Vladimir I marries Anna, the syster of Byzantine emperor Basil II, and converts to Orthodox Christianity, marking the beginning of the Russian Orthodox Church.

These people were born in 988:

• French monk, historian, composer, and forger Adémar de Chabanne.

These people died in 988:

• Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury.

987 - 988 - 989

10th century

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