993 CE

Pope John XV issues a decree canonizing the late Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg, the first recorded canonization of a saint. Spring – The 12-year-old King Otto III gives the Sword of Saints Cosmas and Damian (also known as the Sword of Essen) as a gift to the convent in Essen. It symbolises the martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian, the patron saints of the city. An increase in 14C concentration, recorded in tree rings, as well as 36Cl and 10Be isotopes, recorded in ice cores, suggests that a strong solar storm may have hit the Earth in either 993 or 994.

In the 990s, the 10th century.

Conflict & Security

  • Egyptian military commander Isa ibn Nasturus ibn Surus appointed Vizier of Egypt.source

Religion & Belief

  • July 4 – Pope John XV issues a decree canonizing the late Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg, the first recorded canonization of a saint.source
  • Spring – The 12-year-old King Otto III gives the Sword of Saints Cosmas and Damian (also known as the Sword of Essen) as a gift to the convent in Essen. It symbolises the martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian, the patron saints of the city.source

Science & Discovery

  • An increase in 14C concentration, recorded in tree rings, as well as 36Cl and 10Be isotopes, recorded in ice cores, suggests that a strong solar storm may have hit the Earth in either 993 or 994.source

Births

  • Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Spanish Talmudic scholarsource
  • Majd al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Rayy (died 1029)source
  • Sultan al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Fars (died 1024)source

Deaths

  • March 13 – Odo I, German noblemansource
  • October 19 – Conrad I, king of Burgundysource
  • December 9 – Egbert, archbishop of Triersource
  • Minamoto no Masanobu, Japanese nobleman (born 920)source
  • Maelcairearda, king of Uí Briúin (Ireland)source
  • Arnulf (or Aernout), count of Frieslandsource
  • Borrell II, count of Barcelona and Urgellsource
  • Landenulf II, Lombard prince of Capuasource
  • William I, French nobleman (born 950)source
  • Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine (born 953)source
  • David II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine, dies in prison in Orléans (see 991). He is succeeded by his son Otto II, who inherits the full dukedom and pledges his allegiance to Otto III.source