976

Events in 976 1

• 976 – 1025 Basil II -- the Bulgar-Slayer at Byzantine apogee Basil II (976-1025) is the greatest military emperor of the middle period. He destroys the Bulgarian Empire, blinding 15,000 Bulgarian prisoners (leaving one eye to every hundredth man to lead the others home), reconquers Syria and Georgia, and converts the Rus of Kiev to Orthodox Christianity through the baptism of Vladimir I. At his death the empire is at its largest extent since Justinian.