1001

By place

Africa

• Khazrun ben Falful, from the Maghrawa family Banu Khazrun, begins ruling Tripoli, on the African continent.

  Asia

• March 17 - The Buddhist ruler of Butuan, in the Philippines, Sari Bata Shaja, makes the first tributary mission to China.
• The Tao/Tayk region is annexed by the Byzantines, as the Theme of Iberia.
• 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.
• * November 27 - Battle of Peshawar: Jayapala suffers defeat from the Ghaznavid Empire.
• 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.
• 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.
• Japan
• * January 13 - Empress consort Fujiwara no Teishi dies in childbirth.
• * November - The imperial palace is destroyed by fire.
• * 70th birthday and longevity ceremony of Fujiwara no Bokushi.
• * 40th birthday of Empress dowager Senshi.

  Europe

• 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".
• July 31 - Emperor Otto III confirms the possessions of Ulric Manfred II of Turin, and grants him privileges.
• July - Sergius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
• Byzantine Emperor Basil II attempts to reconquer Bulgaria.
• Robert II, King of France, marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.
• Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened at Aachen Cathedral.
• The First Battle of Alton: Danish invaders defeat the English.
• Battle of Pinhoe: Vikings defeat the Anglo-Saxons in Devon.
• Bolesław I the Brave begins ruling parts of Slovakia.
• Bryachislav of Polotsk begins ruling Polotsk.
• Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg begins ruling the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg.
• Ermengol I, Count of Urgell makes his second voyage to Rome.
• Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.
• Ælfgar, bishop of Elmham, is consecrated.
• Æthelred becomes bishop of Cornwall, but dies shortly afterwards.
• The town of Lloret de Mar is founded in Catalonia.
• The first reference is made to Khotyn, Ukrainian town, and to Nyalka, Hungarian village, as to Chimudi.
• Brian Boru attacks the Uí Néill in Ireland.

  North America

• Vikings, led by Leif Erikson, establish small settlements in and around Vinland in North America.

  By topic

Religion

• King Edward the Martyr of England is canonized.
• The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest is established.
• Oqropiri, Svimeon III and Melkisedek I are Catholicoi of Iberia within one year.
• A tomb of Saint Ivo is uncovered in Huntingdonshire, England.

  Births

• March 29 - Sokkate, Burmese king
• Al-Qa'im, Abbasid caliph
• Duncan I, king of Alba
• Godwin, English nobleman
• Herluin de Conteville, Norman nobleman
• Ingegerd Olofsdotter, Grand Princess of Kiev

  Deaths

• January 13 - Fujiwara no Teishi, empress of Japan
• January 22 - Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab, Uqaylid emir of Mosul
• October 7 - Æthelstan, bishop of Elmham
• December 21 - Hugh, margrave of Tuscany
• Conrad, margrave of Ivrea
• David III of Tao, Georgian prince
• Đinh Phế Đế, Vietnamese emperor
• Ermengarda de Vallespir, Spanish countess
• Izyaslav, Kievan prince of Polotsk
• Ja'far ibn al-Furat, Ikhshidid and Fatimid vizier
• Jayapala, Indian ruler of the Hindu Shahis
• Jayavarman V, emperor of the Khmer Empire
• Wang Yucheng, Chinese official and poet
• Ziri ibn Atiyya, emir of Morocco