1001
Events
By place
Europe
- February 6; After leading the revolt against Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor and expelling the Crescentii, Gregory I, Count of Tusculum is named "Head of the Republic"
- July; Sergius II of Constantinople|Sergius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
- July 31; Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor confirms possessions of Ulric Manfred II of Turin and grants him privileges.
- Byzantine Emperor Basil II attempts to reconquer Bulgaria.
- Robert II of France, King of France marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.
- Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened.
- The First Battle of Alton: Danish invaders defeat the English.
- Battle of Pinhoe: Vikings defeat Anglo-Saxons in Devon.
- Boleslaw I of Poland begins ruling parts of Slovakia.
- Vseslav Izyaslavich of PolotskVseslav Izyaslavich of Polotsk begins ruling Principality of Polotsk.
- WWerner I, Bishop of Strasbourg begins ruling Archbishopric of Strasbourg.
- Second voyage of Ermengol I of Urgell to Rome.
- Þorgeirr Ljósvetningagoði ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.
- Ælfgar of Elmham, bishop of Elmham, is consecrated.
- Æthelric (Bishop of Sherborne), bishop of Shepborne, is consecrated (other date is 1002).
- Æthelred of Cornwallis a bishop of Cornwall and dies shortly after that.
- Founding of Lloret de Mar, Catalonian town.
- First reference to Khotyn, Ukrainian town1 and to Nyalka, Hungarian village, as to ''Chimudi''.
Asia
- Baitoushan volcano on what would be the Chinese-Korean border, erupts with a force of 6.5, the fourth largest Holocene blast (approximate date).
- Tao-Klarjeti region is annexed by the Byzantine Empire as the theme of Iberia.
- Mahmud of Ghazni, Muslim leader of Ghazni, begins a series of raids into Northern India. He will finish his conquest in 1027 with the destruction of Somnath.
- Jayapala suffers defeat from Ghaznavid Empire near Peshawar.
- Rebellion Cửu Long in Thanh Hoa province.
- Khmer King Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I and/or Suryavarman I.
- Construction begins on the Liaodi Pagoda, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history (completed in [[1055]]).
- 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.
- Oqropiri (Ioane I), Svimeon III and Melkisedek I are Catholicoi of Iberia within one year.
Africa
- Khazrun ben Falful from Maghrawa family Banu Khazrun begins ruling Tripoli.
- Al-MuizzAl-Muizz begins ruling Morocco.
America
- Vikings, led by Leif Eriksson, establish small settlements in and around Vinland in North America (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- King Edward the Martyr of England is canonized.
- A tomb of saint Ivo of Huntingdonshire (possibly) is uncovered in Huntingdonshire.
Births
- Princess Bishi of Japan (d. 1008)
- Godwin, Earl of Wessex (d. 1053)
- Herluin de Conteville, Norman nobleman (d. 1087)
- Ingegerd Olofsdotter, daughter of Olof Skötkonung (d. 1049)
Deaths
- December 21; Hugh of Tuscany, margrave of Tuscany (b. c. 950)
- Alawich II, Bishop of Strasbourg
- Athelstan, Bishop of Elmham
- Conrad of Ivrea, margrave of Ivrea
- Đinh Phế Đế, the second and the last king of Đinh dynasty
- Fujiwara no Sanenobu, son of Fujiwara no Tamemitsu (b. 964)
- Empress Fujiwara no Teishi of Japan (b. 977)
- Hrosvit, Saxon nun and poet
- Husan ud-Dawlah al-Muqallad, Uqailid Emir of Mosul
- Izyaslav Vladimirovich of Polotsk
- Jayapala, Emperor of Shahiya dinasty
- Jayavarman V, King of the Khmer Empire
- Saint Rainbold(Rannold)
- Saint Theobald (b. 927)
- Wang Yucheng, Chinese poet (b. 954)
- Ziri ibn Atiyya, Emir of Morocco, eventual effects of stab wounds
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