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*987 Sixth [[w:Rus'-Byzantine War (987)#Baptism of Vladimir|Rus-Byzantine War]], where [[Vladimir of Kiev]] dispatches troops to the Byzantine Empire to assist Emperor [[w:Basil II|Basil II]] with an internal revolt, agreeing to accept [[Orthodox Christianity]] as his religion and bring his people to the new faith.
*988 [[Baptism of Rus']] begins with the conversion of [[Vladimir of Kiev]] who is baptized at [[w:Chersonesos|Chersonesos]], the birthplace of the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches; Vladimir marries Anna, sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II.
*989 The ''[[w:Peace_and_Truce_of_God#Peace_of_God|Pax Dei]]'' or ''Peace of God'' was decreed at the Synod of Charroux, granting immunity from violence to noncombatants who could not defend themselvespublicize and enforce what were argued to be eternal principles of protection for churchmen, church property, beginning with and the peasants (agricolae) and particular protégés of the Church, the clergypoor, becoming a movement that spread to most of Western Europe over the next century, surviving in some form until at least the thirteenth century.
*992 Death of [[Michael of Kiev|Michael]], first Metropolitan of Kiev.
*995 [[Olaf of Norway]] proclaims Norway to be a Christian kingdom; relics of [[Cuthbert of Lindisfarne|Cuthbert]] transferred with his community to Durham.
