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1001 CE

After leading the revolt against Emperor Otto III and expelling the Crescentii, Gregory I, Count of Tusculum is named "Head of the Republic". The Buddhist ruler of Butuan, in the Philippines (P’u-tuan in the Sung Dynasty records), Sari Bata Shaja, makes the first tributary mission to China. Battle of Peshawar: Jayapala suffers defeat from the Ghaznavid Empire.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • February 6 – After leading the revolt against Emperor Otto III and expelling the Crescentii, Gregory I, Count of Tusculum is named "Head of the Republic".source
  • July 31 – Emperor Otto III confirms the possessions of Ulric Manfred II of Turin, and grants him privileges.source
  • Khmer King Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I, and/or Suryavarman I.source
  • Bryachislav of Polotsk begins ruling Polotsk.source
  • Bolesław I the Brave begins ruling parts of Slovakia.source
  • The Tao/Tayk region is annexed by the Byzantines, as the Theme of Iberia.source
  • Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.source

Conflict & Security

  • November 27 – Battle of Peshawar: Jayapala suffers defeat from the Ghaznavid Empire.source
  • The First Battle of Alton: Danish invaders defeat the English.source
  • Byzantine Emperor Basil II attempts to reconquer Bulgaria.source
  • Khazrun ben Falful, from the Maghrawa family Banu Khazrun, begins ruling Tripoli, on the African continent.source
  • Mahmud of Ghazni, Muslim leader of Ghazni, begins a series of raids into northern India, establishing the Ghaznavid Empire across most of today's Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Pakistan.source
  • Battle of Pinhoe: Vikings defeat the Anglo-Saxons in Devon.source
  • In Vietnam during the Early Lê dynasty, a rebellion broke out in Cử Long in Thanh Hóa province against king Lê Đại Hành. Former emperor Đinh Phế Đế, who was a general under Đại Hành's reign, died in the battle while suppressing that rebellion.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • March 17 – The Buddhist ruler of Butuan, in the Philippines (P’u-tuan in the Sung Dynasty records), Sari Bata Shaja, makes the first tributary mission to China.source
  • The first reference is made to Khotyn, Ukrainian town, and to Nyalka, Hungarian village, as to Chimudi.source
  • Ermengol I, Count of Urgell makes his second voyage to Rome.source
  • Vikings, led by Leif Erikson, establish small settlements in and around Vinland in North America (approximate date).source
  • The town of Lloret de Mar is founded in Catalonia.source

Religion & Belief

  • July – Sergius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg begins ruling the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg.source
  • King Edward the Martyr of England is canonized.source
  • Oqropiri (Ioane I), Svimeon III and Melkisedek I are Catholicoi of Iberia within one year.source
  • Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened at Aachen Cathedral.source
  • Ælfgar, bishop of Elmham, is consecrated.source
  • A tomb of Saint Ivo (possibly) is uncovered in Huntingdonshire, England.source
  • The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest is established.source

Crime & Justice

  • Brian Boru attacks the Uí Néill in Ireland.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • November – The imperial palace is destroyed by fire.source

Culture & Society

  • 70th birthday and longevity ceremony of Fujiwara no Bokushi (mother-in-law of Fujiwara no Michinaga, grandmother of Empress Shōshi).source
  • Robert II, King of France, marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.source
  • 40th birthday of Empress dowager Senshi (mother of Emperor Ichijō).source
  • Construction begins on the Liaodi Pagoda, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history (completed in 1055).source

Births

  • March 29 – Sokkate, Burmese king (d. 1044)source
  • Ingegerd Olofsdotter, Grand Princess of Kiev (d. 1050)source
  • Herluin de Conteville, Norman nobleman (d. 1066)source
  • Godwin, English nobleman (d. 1053)source
  • Duncan I, king of Alba (Scotland) (d. 1040)source
  • Al-Qa'im, Abbasid caliph (d. 1075)source

Deaths

  • January 13 – Empress consort Fujiwara no Teishi dies in childbirth.source
  • January 13 – Fujiwara no Teishi, empress of Japan (b. 977)source
  • January 22 – Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab, Uqaylid emir of Mosulsource
  • October 7 – Æthelstan, bishop of Elmhamsource
  • December 21 – Hugh, margrave of Tuscanysource
  • Ziri ibn Atiyya, emir of Moroccosource
  • Jayavarman V, emperor of the Khmer Empiresource
  • David III of Tao ("the Great"), Georgian princesource
  • Ja'far ibn al-Furat, Ikhshidid and Fatimid vizier (b. 921)source
  • Wang Yucheng, Chinese official and poet (b. 954)source
  • Jayapala, Indian ruler of the Hindu Shahissource
  • Izyaslav, Kievan prince of Polotsksource
  • Đinh Phế Đế, Vietnamese emperor (b. 974)source
  • Æthelred becomes bishop of Cornwall, but dies shortly afterwards.source