Major Events Aug 10 Battle of Maldon: English, led by Bryhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. The English are defeated and the story is immortalised in a well-known poem. Who Died in 991 AD Jun 15 Theophanu, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II and regent of Otto III, dies (b. 960) 990 AD History by Year 992 AD Medieval Popes Gregory I Gregory XIII Julius II Julius III Leo X Pius V