1001
Events
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.
- Vikings, led by Leif Erikson, establish small settlements in and around Vinland in North America.
By topic
Religion
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 KievDeaths
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