1000

Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century

Decades: 950s 960s 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s

Years: 995 996 997 998 999 - 1000 - 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• September 9 - Battle of Svold.
• October 9 - Leif Ericsson discovers Vinland, becoming the first known European to set foot in North America.
• Emperor Otto III makes pilgrimage from Rome to Aachen and Gniezno (Gnesen), stopping at Regensburg, Meissen, Magdeburg, and Gniezno. Meeting in Gniezno (with Boleslaw I Chrobry) was part of pilgrimage.
• Stephen I becomes king of Hungary.
• First settlements around Helmond.
• The Hoysala Empire begins ruling.
• Sweyn I of Denmark establishes Danish control over part of Norway.
• Sancho III of Navarre becomes King of Aragon, Navarre, and Castile.
• The Shahnameh is written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (approximate date).
• Lodi, Italy, becomes a free city (approximate date).
• Södertälje, Sweden, receives its charter (approximate date).
• Armenia becomes a tributary of the Byzantine Empire.
• Dhaka, Bangladesh, is founded.
• The Diocese of Kolobrzeg is founded.
• The Byzantine Empire gives the city of Zara to Venice (approximate date).
• Iceland accepts Christian faith.

Births

• Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople
• Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor

Deaths

• Olaf I of Norway, killed at the Battle of Svold

See also: Millenarianism

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For the number 1000, see thousand.

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