Chōtoku

Change of era

• 995 Chōtoku gannen: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Shōryaku 6, on 22 February 995.

  Events of the ''Chōtoku'' era

• 995 : Fujiwara no Michinaga is given the office of Udaijin.
• 996 : Michinaga become Sadaijin; and Fujiwara no Akimitsu is named Udaijin.