Mar 30   Arnulf II, count of Flanders (965-988), dies.   

Mar 30   Boudouin IV with the Beard is recorded as becoming earl of Flanders.   

May 06   Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland   

May 19   Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies.   

Jul 10   The city of Dublin is founded on the banks of the river Liffey.   

Mar 30   Arnulf ii: Count of flanders (965-988),   

May 06   Dirk ii: West frisian count of holland   

May 19   Dunstan[us]: English archbishop of canterbury,