1000
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- This article is about the year 1000. For other uses of 1000, see 1000 (number).
| 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 | |
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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.
- 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.
Births
- Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1059)
- Constantine IX, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1055)
Deaths
- Olaf I of Norway, killed at the Battle of Svold (b. 969)
- Tlilcoatzin, Toltec ruler (exact year uncertain)
See also
- Millenarianism
- List of state leaders in 1000
- 1000 A.D. Game Page: [1]
Further reading
- Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium (1999) ISBN 0316558400
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