996 - What happened in 996 ?


May 996


Saturday 21:

Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.




November 996


Tuesday 01:

Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).



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