Since the donation of the Abbey Moutier-Grandvalto and all its possessions to Bishop Adalbero II in 999 till the Reformation, Basel was ruled by prince-bishops ( see Bishop of Basel, whose memory is preserved in the crosier shown on the Basel coat-of-arms – see above ).

The canonization of Saint Udalric, Bishop of Augsburg, by Pope John XV in 999 is the first undoubted example of a papal canonization of a saint from outside Rome ( Some historians maintain that the first such canonization was that of Saint Swibert by Pope Leo III in 804 ).

Many of the Bishops were murdered by raiders and hoarders, including Bishop Moregenau in 999, and notably Bishop Abraham in 1080.

He became Bishop of Wells in 998 or 999, and in 1013 King Æthelred the Unready appointed him to the see of Canterbury.

In 999, King Rudolph III of Burgundy gave all temporal rights and privileges to the Bishop of Sion, who was later styled praefect and count of the Valais and is still a prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

The King of Burgundy donated much of the land that today makes up Canton Jura to the Bishop of Basel in 999.

In 999, King Rudolph III of Burgundy granted the entire County of Valais to the Bishop, and Sion became the capital of this County.

Based on a grant of privilege to a monastery, Paprocki cites as the most ancient member of this house Mszczuj, Sandomierz castellan, in 999, the time of Boleslaw the Brave ; his two sons Mszczuj and Jan, who signed their names as " from Jakuszewice ," were Kraków canons, made such by Bishop Lambert in 1061.

In 999, King Rudolph III of Burgundy gave the monastery of Moutier-Grandval and all its possessions to the Bishop of Basel.

It was sacked in 969 by Byzantine emperor Nicephorus II, and was captured by Basil II in 999, after which it became the southern border of the Byzantine Empire and was administered by the Bishop of Shaizar.

It had long been assumed that in the year 999 he wrote the first Vita sancti Adalberti episcopi Pragensis, or " Life of St. Adalbert of Prague " just two years after Adalbert's death.

Many area codes reserved 999 ; 320 was also formerly reserved in Bell Canada territory.

Saint Adelaide of Italy ( 931 / 932 – 16 December 999 ), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second wife of Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor.

He was defeated by fellow Senator Henry Stuart Foote by 999 votes.

The per capita income for the town was $ 17, 999.

The HTST pasteurization standard was designed to achieve a five-log reduction, killing 99. 999 % of the number of viable micro-organisms in milk.

Pope Gregory V, né Bruno of Carinthia ( c. 972 – 18 February 999 ) was Pope from 3 May 996 to 18 February 999, a son of the Salian Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, who was a grandson of the Emperor Otto I the Great.

He was the first French Pope, reigning from 999 until his death.

With the Emperor's support, he was elected to succeed Gregory V as Pope in 999.

In fact, Sylvester was said to be petrified at the thought of the new millennium: on the last night of the year A. D. 999, Sylvester nervously celebrated mass, thinking the world might end even as he consecrated the bread and wine.

A relic of these differences is found in emergency telephone numbers used in various countries ; the United Kingdom selected 999 due to the ease of converting call office dials to make free calls (' 0 ' for the Operator was already free ), whereas in New Zealand's 111 was selected for the same reason: 111 actually pulses 999 to the central office / telephone exchange.

According to Walter Mapes in De Nugis Curialium ( Trifles of Courtiers ), Pope Sylvester II ( 999 – 1003 ) was involved with a succubus named Meridiana, who helped him achieve his high rank in the Catholic Church.

* In 999, Samanid dynasty was defeated and conquered by Ghaznavids.

Year 999 ( CMXCIX ) was a common year starting on Sunday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.

Presuming that it was, he added this province to Poland only after the death of Duke Boleslav II the Pious in 999.

It is disputed whether Lesser Poland, centered around Kraków, was incorporated into the Polish realm by Mieszko I before 992 or whether it was added by Bolesław I in 999.

Prior to Doctor Who he appeared in numerous TV shows including, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Ivanhoe, Dial 999, Danger Man, Maigret, Compact, The Third Man, Crane, Detective, Sherlock Holmes, No Hiding Place, The Saint, Armchair Theatre, The Wednesday Play, Z-Cars, Adam Adamant Lives!

* Adelaide of Italy ( died 999 ), Saint Adelaide, wife of Otto the Great

Anime created by Toei Animation that have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award have been Galaxy Express 999 in 1981, Dragon Ball, in 1986, Saint Seiya in 1987, and Sailor Moon in 1992.

* Saint Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy, ( 931 / 932 – 999 ), Holy Roman Empress

Letters were associated with the dial numbers to represent telephone exchange names in communities having more than 9, 999 telephone lines, and additionally given a meaningful mnemonic to facilitate memorization of individual telephone numbers by incorporating their exchange names.

With music composed by Peter Gabriel and an acrobatic cast of 160, the Millennium Dome Show was performed 999 times over the course of the year.

Archbishop Adalberon ( in office 969 to 988 ), seconded by the monk Gerbert ( afterwards ( from 999 to 1003 ) Pope Silvester II ), founded schools which taught the classical " liberal arts ".

Other buildings of note include the Peacock Theatre, the School's main lecture theatre, seating 999 persons, which by night serves as the West End base of Sadler's Wells.

The three low order digits of the five character address, 000 to 999, were specified by the numeric bits of the three characters.

The best proprietary systems, such as the one operated by FedEx, achieve better than 99. 999 % on-time delivery.

* Tulse Hill Night by 999 ( band ), from the album Separates

Here only the digit 9 is replaced by the digit 0, such that identities like 1. 000 ... = 0. 999 ... can spoil the result.

A First Responder scheme is made up of a group of volunteers who within the community in which they live or work, have been trained to attend emergency 999 calls by the NHS Ambulance Service.

As of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 5, 812, down from 5, 999 at the 2000 census, achieving the status of the smallest city in Orange County by population ( La Palma is Orange County's smallest city in area ).

There were 3, 999 housing units at an average density of 1, 440. 6 per square mile ( 556. 2 / km² ), of which 790 ( 20. 2 %) were owner-occupied, and 3, 123 ( 79. 8 %) were occupied by renters.

In 2005 New Brighton was named First Place in the nation for participation in National Night Out ( population category four: 15, 000-49, 999 ) by the National Association of Town Watch.

The population declined by 91 (- 0. 8 %) from the 10, 999 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 553 (+ 5. 3 %) from the 10, 446 counted in the 1990 Census.

The population increased by 148 (+ 0. 4 %) from the 35, 737 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 999 (+ 2. 9 %) from the 34, 738 counted in the 1990 Census.