During this campaign Poland re-annexed the Red Strongholds, later called Red Ruthenia, lost by Bolesław I's father in 981.

He mentions the town of Cladzco as belonging to Slavník, father of Adalbert of Prague, in 981.

Prince Atenulf I conquered Benevento in 900 and united the principalities until 981, when Pandulf Ironhead separated in his will for his children.

* Imperial Prince Atsumichi ( 敦道親王 ) ( 981 – 1007 )

Curiously, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Zhao Kuangyi, even though he had two grown sons – Zhao Dezhou, Prince of Yan ( 951 – 979 ) and Zhao Defang, Prince of Qin ( 959 – 981 ).

** Zhao Defang ( 趙德芳 ) ( 959 – 981 ), Prince Kanghui of Qin

Zhao Weixian was the second son of Zhao Defang ( 趙德芳 ) ( 959 – 981 ), known posthumously as Prince Kanghui of Qin ( 秦康惠王 ), who was a first cousin of Emperor Zhenzong, and the second surviving son of Emperor Taizu.

" In Japan, F-Zero GX sold 100, 981 units and became qualified for the Player's Choice line in both Europe and North America by selling at least 250, 000 copies.

For his career, Cunningham scored 16, 310 points and grabbed 7, 981 rebounds in both the NBA and the ABA.

Thomas is the all-time leading scorer at Mississippi State for both men and women with 2, 981 career points.

Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg ( also Saint Albert of Magdeburg ) ( died 20 June 981 ), sometimes known as the Apostle of the Slavs, was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg ( from 968 ) and a successful missionary to the Slavic peoples to the east of Germany.

* Adalbert of Magdeburg ( died 981 ), sometimes known as the Apostle of the Slavs, first Archbishop of Magdeburg

Amlaíb, who died some four decades later in 980 or 981 whilst in " religious retirement " on Iona, was succeeded by Maccus mac Arailt, who was probably his nephew.

* Taizu's second son, Zhao Defang died in 981 AD from an unidentified illness.

Slavník ( died 981 ) was a Bohemian nobleman, the founder of Slavník's dynasty.

Islamic Scholar Ibn Sina ( Avicenna, 981 – 1037 ) proposed detailed explanations for the formation of mountains, the origin of earthquakes, and other topics central to modern Geology, which provided an essential foundation for the later development of the science.

Abu Bakr Al-Jassas ( d. 981 AD / 370 AH ) argued that the two hadiths on killing homosexuals " are not reliable by any means and no legal punishment can be prescribed based on them ", and the Hanafi school held that it does not merit any physical punishment, on the basis of a hadith that " Muslim blood can only be spilled for adultery, apostasy and homicide "; against this the Hanbali school held that sodomy is a form of adultery and must incur the same penalty, i. e. death.

The giant image was carved in 981 AD., by order of Chavundaraya, the minister of the Ganga King Rachamalla, and is considered the largest stone sculpture in the world.

In 1941 an average of 981 aircraft ( including 311 fighters ) were produced each month.

* 1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.

981 – d. aft.

In March 981, Benedict presided over a synod in St Peter's that prohibited simony.

In September 981, he convened a Lateran Synod.

In March 981, Benedict, along with Otto II and armed soldiers, returned to Rome and drove Boniface out.

The third generation Boxster ( type 981 ) was launched at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.

As of September 19, 2012 the production of the type 981 started at the former Karmann-factory in Osnabrück.

The forearm specimen on which the quill knobs were found ( specimen number IGM 100 / 981 ) represents an animal 1. 5 meters in length ( 5 ft ) and 15 kilograms ( 33 lbs ) in weight.

* March 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 travelling from Paris to London crashes in a woods near Paris, killing all 346 aboard.

The base of the statue has an inscriptions in Kannada as well as the oldest evidence of written Marathi, i. e. devnagari script, dating from 981 AD.

image: Shravanabelagola Vindyagiri oldKannada inscription. JPG | Old Kannada inscription at the base of the Gomateshwara monolith in Śravaṇa Beḷgoḷa ( 981 AD Western Ganga Dynasty )

By 1972 there were 924 internees and by the end of internment on 5 December 1975 1, 981 people had been detained ; 1, 874 ( 95 %) of whom were Catholic and 107 ( 5 %) Protestants.

The Christianization of Norway was begun by Haakon the Good ( d. 981 ), and carried on by Olaf Trygvesson ( d. 1000 ) and Saint Olaf Haraldsson ( d. 1030 ), two Vikings who had converted and been baptized at Andover in England and at Rouen in Normandy respectively.

Known as Adalbert of Prague upon the death of Adalbert of Magdeburg in 981, Adalbert's mission took place in 997 and ended in the missionary's martyrdom at the hands of the pagan Prussians, which occurred in April 997 on the Baltic Sea coast in the vicinity of Truso ( a medieval emporia near modern city of Elbląg ).

* Adalbert 968 – 981

* Adalbert of Magdeburg ( d. 981 ), Apostle of the Slavs, first Archbishop of Magdeburg

* 325 – Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

* María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, ( 11 September 1880 – 17 October 1904 ), married on 14 February 1901 to Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and titular heiress from the death of her father until the posthumous birth of her brother

Basque through his father, Abbadie developed a particular interest about the Basque Language after meeting the Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte in London.

His father established a small school near the Abdin Palace where European, Arab and Turkish masters taught Abbas and his brother Prince Mehemet Ali.

Machiavelli attributes two episodes to Cesare Borgia that were at least partially executed by his father: the method by which the Romagna was pacified, which Machiavelli describes in chapter VII of The Prince, and the assassination of his captains on New Year's Eve of 1503 in Senigallia.

After his father became emperor, Kammu's half-brother, Prince Osabe was appointed to the rank of crown prince.

From 1954 until 1959 he was the First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier.

Chinu was a son of Prince Oshisaka hikohito no ōe, whose father was the Emperor Bidatsu.

Temmu had many children, including his crown prince Kusakabe by Princess Unonosarara ; Princess Tōchi ; Prince Ōtsu and Princess Ōku by Princess Ōta ( whose father also was Tenji ); and Prince Toneri, the editor of Nihonshoki and father of Emperor Junnin.

Karu-shinnō was only six years old when his father, Crown Prince Kusakabe, died.

* Prince Ousu ( 小碓尊 ), father of Emperor Chūai

* Prince Iwasaka no itinohe no Oshiha ( 磐坂市辺押磐皇子 ), father of Emperor Kenzō and Emperor Ninken

Ankō was assassinated in his third year of reign by Mayowa no Ōkimi ( Prince Mayowa ), in retaliation for the execution of Mayowa's father.

After the death of his father, Seinei won the fight against Prince Hoshikawa, his brother, for the throne and so succeeded his father.

He would have been quite young when Emperor Yūryaku shot the arrow which killed his father during a hunting expedition ; and this caused both Prince Oke and his older brother, Prince Ōka, to flee for their lives.

At Seinei's death, he had no other heirs than Prince Ōka and Prince Oka, whose father had been killed by Yūraku.

* Imperial Prince Sadasumi ( 貞純親王 ) ( 873 – 916 ) – father of Minamoto no Tsunemoto ( 源経基 ), founder of the Seiwa Genji, from whom the Kamakura shogunate and the Ashikaga shogunate were both descended, as well as from whom the Tokugawa shogunate claimed descent

On the death of his father King John on 29 October 1873, the Crown Prince succeeded to the throne as King Albert.