| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 986 CMLXXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1739 |
| Armenian calendar | 435 ԹՎ ՆԼԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5736 |
| Bengali calendar | 393 |
| Berber calendar | 1936 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1530 |
| Burmese calendar | 348 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6494–6495 |
| Chinese calendar |
乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3682 or 3622 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3683 or 3623 |
| Coptic calendar | 702–703 |
| Discordian calendar | 2152 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 978–979 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4746–4747 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1042–1043 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 907–908 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4086–4087 |
| Holocene calendar | 10986 |
| Iranian calendar | 364–365 |
| Islamic calendar | 375–376 |
| Japanese calendar |
Kanna 2 (寛和2年) |
| Javanese calendar | 887–888 |
| Julian calendar | 986 CMLXXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3319 |
| Minguo calendar | 926 before ROC 民前926年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −482 |
| Seleucid era | 1297/1298 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1528–1529 |
Year 986 (CMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.