NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1000 CE

Years: 997 998 999 - 1000 - 1001 1002 1003
Decades: 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s
Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century 1000 state leaders

1 Events
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3 Deaths
4 See also
5 Further reading

Events City of Gdansk is founded Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland Samuil of Bulgaria crowned Tsar by Pope Gregory V The town of Trondheim is founded. ... Events Benedictine abbey founded at Sherborne Births Deaths Abul-Wafa, iranian mathematician Categories: 998 ... Events Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland Pope Silvester II succeeds Pope Gregory V Deaths December 16 - Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. ... Events Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Silvester II. Canonisation of Edward the Martyr, king of England. ... Events November 13 - English king Ethelred gives order to kill all Danes in England. ... Events Sweyn I of Denmark begins his first invasion of England. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 920s - 930s _ 940s - 950s - 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s - 1020s Years: 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 Events Categories: 970s ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 930s - 940s _ 950s - 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s - 1020s - 1030s Years: 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 Events Kievan Rus accepts Eastern Orthodox Christianity Categories: 980s ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 940s - 950s _ 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s _ 1020s - 1030s - 1040s 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 Events: Sei Shonagon writes The Pillow Book, a compilation of her daily observations, thoughts and feelings as an... Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century Decades: 950s - 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s - 1020s - 1030s - 1040s - 1050s 999 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 Events Sweyn I of Denmark invades England. ... Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century Decades: 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s - 1020s - 1030s - 1040s - 1050s - 1060s 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 Events: Canute invades England. ... Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century Decades: 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s - 1020s - 1030s - 1040s - 1050s - 1060s - 1070s 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 Events: Categories: 1020s ... Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century Decades: 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s - 1020s - 1030s - 1040s - 1050s - 1060s - 1070s - 1080s 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 Significant people Godwin, Earl of Wessex Categories: 1030s ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This earthenware dish was made in 9th century Iraq. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... 999 state leaders - Events of 1000 - 1001 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 1000 Africa Americas Asia China (Northern Song Dynasty) - Zhenzong, Emperor of Song China (997-1022) Japan - Monarch - Ichijo, Emperor of Japan (986-1011) de facto - Fujiwara no Michinaga (995-1017...

Events

World Population 300 million.
Gunpowder invented in China.
Scandinavia, Iceland and Hungary Christianized.
Stephen I becomes King of Hungary.
Sancho III of Navarre becomes King of Aragon, Navarre, and Castile.
Leif Ericson lands in North America, calling it Vinland.
Sweyn I establishes Danish control over part of Norway.
Dhaka, Bangladesh, is founded.
Persian scientist Avicenna, hypothesized two causes of mountains: "Either they are the effects of upheavals of the crust of the earth, or they are the effect of water, which, cutting itself a new route, has denuded the valleys. He also published Al-Quanun, or The Canon of Medicine, where he held that medicines were to be known either by experiment or by reasoning.
The Diocese of Kolobrzeg is founded.
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.
The Hutu arrive in present-day Rwanda and Burundi, soon outnumbering the native Twa.

The world population is the total number of humans alive on the planet Earth at a given time. ... Gunpowder is a substance which burns very rapidly and is used as a propellant in firearms, specifically either black powder or smokeless powder. ... Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ... St Francis Xavier converting the Paravas: a 19th-century image of the docile heathen The historical phenomenon of Christianization, the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire peoples at once (a political shift as much as a spontaneous mass shift in individual consciences), also includes the practice... A statue of Stephen the Great King Stephen the Great or St. ... Sancho III The Great of Navarre (c. ... History of Spain Series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History Here is a list of the... This is a list of the kings of Pamplona, later Navarre. ... This is a list of kings and queens of Castile. ... A statue of Leif Ericsson in front of the HallgrÃmskirkja in Reykjavik Leif Ericsson (old Icelandic: Leifr EirÃksson) was an Iceland born explorer that was the first European to discover North America and more specifically, the region that would become Newfoundland and by later extension, Canada. ... It has been suggested that Northern America be merged into this article or section. ... Vinland (pronounced Winland) was the name given to part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leif EirÃksson, about year 1000. ... Sweyn I Forkbeard (Sven Otto Haraldsson; Danish: Svend TveskÃ¦g, originally TjugeskÃ¦g or TyvskÃ¦g, Norwegian: Svein Tjugeskjegg, Swedish: Sven TveskÃ¤gg) (c. ... One of the Many modern buildings that came up in Dhaka recent years. ... This article is about the Persians (Iranians), a nationality and an ethnic group. ... Avicenna was the greatest of the medieval Islamic physicians, whose work had a direct impact on the Renaissance. ... The Canon of Medicine is a book by the Persian scientist Ibn Sina (Avicenna). ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... Kołobrzeg (pronounce: [kɔwɔbʒεg], German Kolberg) is a city in Middle Pomerania in north-western Poland with some 50,000 inhabitants (2000). ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus â€“ SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area - City Proper 1290 kmÂ² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Map of Germany showing Aachen Aachen (French Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch Aken) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany, at 50Â°46â€² N 6Â°6â€² E. Population: 256... Motto: none Voivodship Greater Poland Municipal government Mayor Jaromir Dziel Area 40,9 km² Population - city - urban - density 71 040 none 1737/km² Founded City rights 8th century 1239 Latitude Longitude 52°32 N 17°36 E Area code +48 61 Car plates PGN Twin towns Anagni, Esztergom, Falkenberg, Saint... Regensburg (English formerly Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona, Czech Å˜ezno) is a city (population 146,824 in 2002) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... Old town of Meißen. ... Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. ... Motto: none Voivodship Greater Poland Municipal government Mayor Jaromir Dziel Area 40,9 km² Population - city - urban - density 71 040 none 1737/km² Founded City rights 8th century 1239 Latitude Longitude 52°32 N 17°36 E Area code +48 61 Car plates PGN Twin towns Anagni, Esztergom, Falkenberg, Saint... The Meeting at the tomb of Saint Adalbert is one of the most important events in Polish history, though scholars disagree over the details of the decisions made at the meeting, especially whether the Polish prince was pledged the kings crown or not. ... Reign From 992 until 1025 Coronation On April 18, 1025 in Gniezno Cathedral, Poland Royal House Piast Coat of Arms Orzeł Piastowski Parents Mieszko I Dubrawka Consorts Rikdaga Judith Enmilda Oda Children with Judith Bezprym with Enmilda Regelina Mieszko II Lambert Otton with Oda Matylda Date of Birth 966/967... Pilgrim at Mecca A pilgrimage is a term primarily used in religion and spirituality of a long journey or search of great moral significance. ... Hutu is the name given to one of the three ethnic groups occupying Burundi and Rwanda. ... The Twa are a pygmy people, of short stature, who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of an area in central Africa that now comprises the nations of Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

Births

Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1059)
Constantine IX, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1055)

Michael Cerularius, (b. ... The Patriarch of Constantinople is the Ecumenical Patriarch, the first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox communion. ... Events Anselm of Canterbury settles at the Benedictine monastery of Le Bec in Normandy. ... Mosaic of Constantine IX and Empress Zoe Constantine IX Monomachus (c. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Events January 11 - Theodora becomes Reigning Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. ...

Deaths

Olaf I of Norway, killed at the Battle of Svold (b. 969)
Tlilcoatzin, Toltec ruler (exact year uncertain)

Olaf Tryggvason has been elected king, a painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo Olaf Tryggvason (969â€“September 9? 1000) (Old Norse: Ã“lÃ¡fr Tryggvason, Norwegian: Olav Tryggvason) was son of Tryggve Olavsson, king of Viken (Vingulmark and Ranrike), and great-grandson of Harald Fairhair. ... The Battle of Swold was a naval battle that took place on September 9, 1000 between Norway and the other Scandinavians. ... Events December 11 - John I becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. ... The Toltecs (or Toltec or Tolteca) were a Pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th century AD. Their language, Nahuatl, was also spoken by the Aztecs. ...

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