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1000                        Menologian of Basil II (Eight Artists)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Golden Age of Spanish Hebrew literature (-1148)

                                Battle of Svolder - Sweyn kills Olaf of Norway and annexes Norway to Denmark (9/9)   (999 or 1000)

                                Stephen I is crowned King of Hungary (12/25) (or 1/1 1001)

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                                THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES +  (1000-1300)

                                Viking Biarni Heriulfsson blown off course - sights coast of North America

                                Battle of Cervera - Garcia IV, Sancho I, Alfonso V, Garcia Gomez vs. ?

                                Otto III makes pilgrimage to Aachen and Gniezno

                                Ethelred ravages Cumberland

                                Basil II’s campaign in Transcaucasia

                                Leif Eriksson reaches Labrador

                                Gunpowder perfected by the Chinese ca.

                                Takrur Kingdom rulers in West Africa accept Islam - fist West African kingdom to do so

                                Olaf I Tryggvason -             (Norway)                                               (995-1000)              King

                                Sveyn I Forkbeard....+         (Denmark)(Norway)                             (985-1014)(1000-1014)2 King

                                Eirikr Hakonarson +             (Norway)                                               (1000-1012)            Regent

                                Sveinn Hakonarson +          (Norway)                                               (1000-1015)            co-Regent

                                Olof Skotkonung ...              (Sweden)                                               (994-1021)              King (The Tax-King)

                                Mael Sechnaill II ...              (Ireland)                                                 (980-1002)1            High King (Clann Cholmain)

                                Kenneth III ...                        (Scotland)                                              (997-1005)              King (Cinaed mac Duib)

                                Aethelred (the Unready) ... (England)                                               (978-1016)              King (b. Edward the Martyr)

                                Baldwin IV ...                         (Flanders)                                              (988-1036)              Count

                                Robert II ...                            (France)                                                 (996-1031)              2nd King (Capetian Dynasty)

                                Arnould ...                             (Archbishopric of Reims)                   (995-1021)              Archbishop

                                Stephen I ...                           (Champagne)                                        (993-1019)              Count

                                Theobald II ...                       (Blois)                                                    (995-1004)              Count

                                Fulk III ...                               (Anjou)                                                  (987-1040)              Count

                                Hugh III ...                             (Maine)                                                  (992-1015)              Count

                                Geoffrey I ...                          (Brittany)                                               (992-1008)              Duke

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                William III ...                          (Toulouse)                                            (950-1037)              Count

                                William V ...                           (Aquitaine)                                            (990-1029)              Duke

                                Bernard I ...                            (Gascony)                                              (996-1009)              Duke

                                Henry the Great ...                (Burgundy)                                           (965-1002)              Duke

                                Rudolph III ...                        (Burgundy)                                           (993-1032)              King

                                Ramon Borrell ...                   (Barcelona)                                            (972-1017)              Count

                                Garcia IV -                              (Navarre)                                               (994-1000)              King (the Trembler)

                                Sancho the Great +              (Navarre)                                               (1000-1035)            King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (León)                                                    (999-1028)              King

                                Hisham II ...                           (Caliphate of Cordoba)                        (976-1008)1            Caliph (Ummayad)

                                Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir ... (Caliphate of Cordoba)                     (978-1002)              de facto ruler

                                Otto III ...                               (Germany)(HRE)                                   (983-1002)(996-1002) 4th King (Saxon Dynasty)

                                Ezzo of Lorraine ...                (Palatinate of Lotharingia)                  (994-1034)              Count Palatine

                                Bernard I ...                            (Saxony)                                                (973-1011)              Duke      

                                Otto ...                                    (Lower Lorraine)                                   (991-1012)              Duke

                                Dietrich I ...                            (Upper Lorraine)                                   (978-1027)              Duke

                                Eckard II ...                            (Meissen)                                              (985-1002)              Margrave

                                Herman II ...                           (Swabia)                                                (997-1003)              Duke

                                Henry IV ...                            (Bavaria)                                                (995-1005)              Duke

                                Henry III ...                            (Carinthia)                                             (995-1004)              Duke

                                Boleslaus III ...                      (Bohemia)                                              (999-1002)              Duke (Premyslid)

                                Boleslaw I ...                          (Poland)                                                 (992-1025)              Duke (The Brave)

                                Henry I ...                               (Austria)                                                (994-1018               Margrave

                                Stephen I ...+                         (Hungary)                                              (997-1000)(1000-1038)  Prince/1st King

                                Arnolfo da Arsago              (Archbishopric of Milan)                    (998-1018)

                                John IV ...                              (Patriarchate if Aquileia)                     (984-1017)             

                                Sylvester II ...                        (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (999-1003)              Pope (Gerbert of Aurillac)

                                Pietro II Orseolo ...               (Venice)                                                 (991-1009)              Doge

                                Hugo the Great ...                 (Tuscany)(Spoleto)                             (961-1001)(989-1001)  Margrave/Duke

                                John IV ...                              (Naples)                                                 (997-1002)              Duke

                                John III ...                              (Gaeta)                                                   (991-1012)              Duke

                                Manso I ...                             (Amalfi)                                                  (966-1004)              Duke

                                Pandulf II ...                           (Benevento)                                          (981-1014)              Prince

                                Adhemar +-                           (Capua)                                                  (1000)                     Prince

                                Landulf VII +                         (Capua)                                                  (1000-1007)            Prince

                                Waimar III ...                         (Salerno)                                                (994-1030)              Prince

                                Samuil ...                                (Bulgarian Empire)                               (997-1014)              Tsar (Comitapuli Dynasty)

                                Vladimir the Great ...             (Kiev)(Novgorod)                                (978-1015)              Grang Prince (Velikii Knyaz)

                                Basil II Bulgaroctonus ...    (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor

                                Bagrat III of Georgia ...        (Abkhazia)                                             (978-1014)              King

                                Gurgen ...                               (Georgia)                                                (994-1008)              King of Kings (H. Bagrationi)

                                David III -                                (Tao)                                                      (966-1000)              Prince

                                Husan ud-Dawla al-Muqallad ...(Mosul Emirate)                            (996-1001)              Emir

                                ?????????????                      (Multan Emirate)                                  (???-????)              Emir

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Ismail II ...                              (Bokhara Emirate)                 (999-1004)              Emir (Samanid)

                                Firuz Abu Nasr Baha' al-Dawla ... (Iraq/Fars Emirate)                    (989-1012)              Emir

                                Sa'id ud-Dawla Sa'id ...        (Aleppo Emirate)                                  (991-1002)              Emir        (Hamanid Dynasty)

                                Qabus ...                                                (Tabaristan)                                          (997-1012)              Emir         (Ziyarid Dynasty)

                                Ahmad Nasr al-Haqq Qutb ad-Dawla ... (Qarakhanid Emirate)     (998-1017)              Emir       

                                Mahmud of Ghazni ...          (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (997-1030)              1st Sultan

                                Rajyapala ...                           (Pratihara Kingdom)                            (990-1018)              King

                                ???????????                          (Sind  Emirate)                                      (???-????)              Emir (Hibari Dynasty)

                                Brahmapala  ...                      (Assam Kingdom)                                (990-1010)              King

                                Chanundaraja ...                   (Gujarat Kingdom)                               (995-1010)              King

                                Kawat I...                               (Saurashtra Kingdom)                         (982-1003)              King

                                Satyasraya Irivabedanga ...                (Chalukya Kingdom)                           (997-1008)              King

                                Sindhuraja ...                         (Malwa Kingdom)                                (995-1010)              King

                                Kainou Irengba ...                (Manipur Kingdom)                             (983-1073)              King

                                Raja I Deva ...                        (Chola Kingdom)                                  (985-1012)              King

                                Yayati Mahsivagupta I -     (Orissa Kingdom)                 (970-1000)              King

                                Bhimaratha Mahabhavagupta +  (Orissa Kingdom)       (1000-1015)            King

                                Bhaskara Ravivarman I ...   (Keralaputra Kingdom)                       (962-1019)              King

                                Mahipala I ...                         (Pala Empire)                                         (988-1038)              Ruler

                                Shengzong ...                        (Khitan Empire)                                    (982-1031)              Emperor (Liao Dynasty)

                                Zhenzong ...                          (Song China)                                         (997-1022)              3rd Emperor

                                Mokjong ...                            (Goryeo Kingdom)                               (997-1009)              King

                                Ichijo ...                                  (Japan)                                                   (986-1011)              66th Emperor

                                Fujiwara no Michinaga ...   (Japan)                                                   (995-1017)              de facto ruler

                                Jayavarman V ...                   (Khmer Empire)                                     (968-1002)              Ruler

                                Le Dai Hahn ...                      (Dai Viet)                                               (980-1005)              Anterior Le Dynasty

                                ??????????                            (Champa Kingdom)                              (???-????)              King (Bhrigu Dynasty)

                                ??????????                            (Srivijaya Empire)                 (???-????)              Ruler

                                Dharmawangsa ...                 (Mataram Kingdom)                            (985-1006)              King  (Isyana Dynasty)

                                ??????????                            (Takrur Kingdom)                                (???-???)                King                      

                                Invention of the musical staff

                                Chartres Manuscripts

                                Winchester Troper

                                Berengar of Tours                                                                1000-1088

1001                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Beginning of raids by Turks under Mahmud of Ghazni

                                Eric Arsaell -                       (Sweden)                                                Skioldung

                                Olaf the Lap-King +            (Sweden)                                                Skioldung             (993)

1002                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                St.Brice's Day Massacre - Ethelred orders the slaughter of all Danish settlers and mercenaries in s. England (12/2)

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                                Leif  Ericsson explores North American coast possibly as far south as Maryland

                                Ethelred marries Emma - sister of Duke Richard of Normandy

                                Ethelred the Unready …     (England)                                               (978-1016)              King (s. Edgar)

Otto III -                                 (Holy Roman Empire)                         (983-1002)

                                Henry II +                              (Holy Roman Empire)                         (1002-1024)

                                Suryavarman I +                   (Khmer Empire)                                   (1002-1050)         Cambodia

1003                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Sweyn and an army of Norsemen land in England and wreak vengeance for St. Brice's Day Massacre

                                Thorfinn Karlsefni sets out from Greenland  with three ships to settle Wineland (-1006)

                                Boleslaus III -                       (Bohemia)                                             Premyslid  Duke

                                Vladivoj +                              (Bohemia)                                             Premyslid  Duke (of Poland)

                                Sylvester II -                                                                                         (999-)

                                John XVII +-                                                                                         *****

                                Gerbert of Aurillac                                                               940-1003

1004                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Peace between China and Liao

                                John XVIII +                                                                                         (-1009)

1005                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Kenneth III -                         (Scotland)                                              (997-)

                                Malcolm II +                         (Scotland)

1006                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

1007                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Ethelred buys two years' peace from Danes for 36,000 pounds of silver

                                Damiani, Peter                                                                       1007-1072               Reformer (Church Father) (Ravenna)

1008                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Hisham II -                            (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (Hixen)

                                Mohammed II +-                    (Cordovan Caliphate)                          *****

                                Berno                                                                                      1008-1048               Abbot of Reichenau 

1009                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Suleyman +-                         (Cordovan Caliphate)

                                John XVIII -                                                                                          (1004-1009)

                                Sergius IV +                                                                                         (1009-1012)

1010                        Epic of Kings (Firdawsi)(Persia)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Hakim (6th Fatimid Caliph) destroys Church of the Holy Sepulpher in Jerusalem

                                Hisham II +                           (Cordovan Caliphate)                          rethroned

                                Lanfranc                                                                                  1010-1089

1011                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

1012                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Danes sack Cantebury - bought off for 48,000 pounds of silver

                                Hisham II -                             (Cordovan Caliphate)                          rethroned

                                Suleyman +                           (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (-1017)    rethroned

                                Sergius IV -                            (Patriarchate of Rome)                     (1009-1012)

                                Benedict VIII +                      (Patriarchate of Rome)                      (1012-1024)

                                Gregory (antipope) +-            (Patriarchate of Rome)                           *****

1013                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Sweyn lands in England (with his son Canute I) and is proclaimed king - Ethelred flees to Normandy

1014                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Sweyn I dies - English recall Ethelred (II?) as king - Canute retreats to Denmark

                                Basil II annihilates First Bulgarian Empire

                                Sweyn I -                                 (Denmark)                                              the Splitbeard

                                Harold +                                  (Denmark)

                                Samuel -                                   (Bulgaria)                                               Prince

                                Gabriel Radomir +                  (Bulgaria)                                               Prince

1015                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Canute again invades England - War between Danes and Saxons

                                Saint Vladimir -                     (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke (The Sunny)

                                Sviatopolk +                           (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke

                                Gabriel Radomir -                  (Bulgaria)                                               Prince

                                John Vladislav +                   (Bulgaria)                                               Prince

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Aethelred (the Unready) ...(England)                                               (978-1016)              King (b. Edward the Martyr)

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)                                              (1014-1035)            King

                                Sveinn Hakonarson -           (Norway)                                               (1000-1015)            co-Regent

                                Olaf II Haraldsson +            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)         King Skioldung

                                Olof Skotkonung ...              (Sweden)                                               (994-1021)              King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Suleyman ...                           (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1012-1021)2          Caliph

                                Henry II ...                             (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Henry I ...                               (Austria)                                                (994-1018)              Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke (Piast Dyn.) (s. Mieszko I)

                                Ivan Vladislav ...                   (Bulgaria)                                               (1015-1018)            Tsar

                                Sviatopolk ...                         (Kiev)                                                     (1015-1019)            Prince

                                Yaroslav the Just ...             (Novgorod)                                           (1019-1052)            Grand Prince 

                                Benedict VIII ...                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)            Pope

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                Hakim ...                                 (Fatimid Caliphate)                               (997-1021)              6th Caliph             

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Zhenzong ...                          (Song China)                                         (997-1022)              3rd Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Sanjo -                                    (Japan)                                                   (1011-1016)            67th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

1016                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Aethelred II dies of illness (4/23)

                                Battle of Ashingdon - Canute defeats but does not kill Edmund Ironsides - climax of Danish Reconquest (10/18)

                                Canute and Edmund Ironside divide England - Canute holds the north and Edmund holds Wessex

                                Edmund Ironside dies in London- Canute now sole ruler (11/30)

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                                Danes rule England (-1042)                                               

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Aethelred (the Unready) -  (England)                                                (978-1016)              King (b. Edward the Martyr)

                                Edmund (Ironside) +-          (England)                                               (1016)                     King (s. Aethelred) murdered

                                Canute ...+                             (Denmark)(England)                          (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Olof Skotkonung ...              (Sweden)                                               (994-1021)              King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Suleyman ...                           (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1012-1021)2          Caliph

                                Henry II ...                             (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Henry I ...                               (Austria)                                                (994-1018)              Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke (Piast Dyn.) (s. Mieszko I)

                                Ivan Vladislav ...                   (Bulgaria)                                               (1015-1018)            Tsar

                                Sviatopolk ...                         (Kiev)                                                     (1015-1019)            Prince

                                Yaroslav the Just ...             (Novgorod)                                           (1019-1052)            Grand Prince 

                                Benedict VIII ...                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)            Pope

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                Hakim ...                                 (Fatimid Caliphate)                               (997-1021)              6th Caliph

                                ??????????                            (Makuria Kingdom)                             (???-????)             

                                ??????????                            (Zagwe Dynasty)                                 (???-????)              Negus

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Zhenzong ...                          (Song China)                                         (997-1022)              3rd Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Sanjo -                                    (Japan)                                                   (1011-1016)            67th Emperor

                                Go-Ichijo +                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

1017                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Canute divides England into four earldoms

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Olof Skotkonung ...              (Sweden)                                               (994-1021)              King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Suleyman -                            (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1012-1021)2          Caliph

                                Ali bin Hamoud +                (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1017-1021)            Caliph

                                Henry II ...                             (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Henry I ...                               (Austria)                                                (994-1018)              Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke (Piast Dyn.) (s. Mieszko I)

                                Ivan Vladislav ...                   (Bulgaria)                                               (1015-1018)            Tsar

                                Sviatopolk ...                         (Kiev)                                                     (1015-1019)            Prince

                                Yaroslav the Just ...             (Novgorod)                                           (1019-1052)            Grand Prince 

                                Benedict VIII ...                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)            Popee

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                Hakim ...                                 (Fatimid Caliphate)                               (997-1021)              6th Caliph             

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Zhenzong ...                          (Song China)                                         (997-1022)              3rd Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

                                Chou Lien His                                                                       1017-1073

                                Ramanuja                                                                               1017-1137

1018                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Byzantine Empire controls Bulgarian Kingdom (-1185)

                                Mahmud of Ghazni pillages the sacred city of Muttra in India

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Olof Skotkonung ...              (Sweden)                                               (994-1021)              King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Ali bin Hamoud ...                (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1017-1021)            Caliph

                                Henry II ...                             (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Henry I -                                (Austria)                                                (994-1018)              Margrave

                                Adalbert +                             (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke (Piast Dyn.) (s. Mieszko I)

                                Ivan Vladislav -                    (Bulgaria)                                               (1015-1018)            Tsar

                                Presian II +-                           (Bulgaria)                                               (1018)                     Tsar   (Byzantine control...)

                                Sviatopolk ...                         (Kiev)                                                     (1015-1019)            Prince

                                Yaroslav the Just ...             (Novgorod)                                           (1019-1052)            Grand Prince 

                                Benedict VIII ...                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)            Pope

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                Hakim ...                                 (Fatimid Caliphate)                               (997-1021)              6th Caliph             

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Zhenzong ...                          (Song China)                                         (997-1022)              3rd Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

                                Psellus, Michael                                                                   1018-1096               Historian (Byzantine Empire)

1019                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Canute marries Emma of Normandy - widow of Ethelred (II?)

                                Mahmud of Ghazni sacks Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty ruled Kannauj - century of political chaos follows in that area

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Olof Skotkonung ...              (Sweden)                                               (994-1021)              King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Ali bin Hamoud ...                (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1017-1021)            Caliph

                                Henry II ...                             (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke(Piast Dyn. (s. Mieszko I)

                                Sviatopolk -                           (Kiev)                                                     (1015-1019)            Prince

                                Yaroslav the Just +              (Novgorod)(Kiev)                                (1019-1052)            Grand Prince 

                                Benedict VIII ...                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)            Pope

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                Hakim ...                                 (Fatimid Caliphate)                               (997-1021)              6th Caliph             

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Zhenzong ...                          (Song China)                                         (997-1022)              3rd Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

1020                        Habsburg (Hawk’s Castle) built in Aargau

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Caliph al-Hakim proclaims himself divine - founds Druse sect

                                Yaroslav the Just ...             (Novgorod)(Kiev)                                (1019-1052)            Grand Prince

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Olof Skotkonung ...              (Sweden)                                               (994-1021)              King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Ali bin Hamoud ...                (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1017-1021)            Caliph

                                Henry II ...                             (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke(Piast Dyn. (s. Mieszko I)

                                Benedict VIII ...                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)            Pope

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                Hakim -                                 (Fatimid Caliphate)                               (997-1021)              6th Caliph

                                ??????????                            (Fatimid Caliphate)                               (???-????)              7th Caliph             

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Zhenzong ...                          (Song China)                                         (997-1022)              3rd Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

                                Avicebron                                                                             1020-1070

                                Firdausi                                                                                  940-1020                 Poet/Historian  (Khurasan, Persia)

1021                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Olof Skotkonung -               (Sweden)                                               (994-1021)              King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Ali bin Hamoud -                 (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1017-1021)            Caliph

                                Abder Rahman IV +             (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1021-1022)            Caliph

                                Henry II ...                             (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke(Piast Dyn. (s. Mieszko I)

                                Benedict VIII ...                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)            Pope

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                Hakim -                                   (Fatimid Caliphate)                               (997-1021)              6th Caliph

                                ??????????                            (Fatimid Caliphate)                               (???-????)              7th Caliph             

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Zhenzong ...                          (Song China)                                         (997-1022)              3rd Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

                                Wang An-shih                                                                     1021-1086               Scholar-Official (China)

1022                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Anund Jakob +                     (Sweden)                                               (1022-1050)            King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Abder Rahman IV -              (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1021-1022)

                                Alcasim +-                             (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1022)

                                Abder Rahman V +              (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1022-1023)

                                Henry II ...                             (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke(Piast Dyn. (s. Mieszko I)

                                Benedict VIII ...                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)            Pope

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Zhenzong -                            (Song China)                                         (997-1022)              3rd Emperor

                                Renzong +                             (Song China)                                         (1022-1063)            4th Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

                                Chang Heng Ch’u                                                                1022-?

1023                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Anund Jakob ...                    (Sweden)                                               (1022-1050)            King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Abder Rahman V -               (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1022-1023)            Caliph

                                Mohammed III +                   (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1023-1024)            Caliph

                                Henry II ...                             (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke(Piast Dyn. (s. Mieszko I)

                                Benedict VIII ...                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)            Pope

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Renzong ...                            (Song China)                                         (1022-1063)            4th Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

1024                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Salian House rules Germany (1024-1137)

                                Destruction of Somnath by Mahmud

                                World’s first paper currency (China)

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Anund Jakob ...                    (Sweden)                                               (1022-1050)            King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Mohammed III -                    (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1023-1024)

                                Yahya bin Ali +                    (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1024-1027)

                                Henry II -                               (HRE)                                                     (1002-1024)            Emperor

                                Conrad II +                            (HRE)                                                     (1024-1039)            King of Germany / Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...                        (Polish Kingdom)                                 (992-1025)              Duke(Piast Dyn. (s. Mieszko I)

                                Benedict VIII -                      (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1012-1024)

                                John XIX +                            (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1024-1032)

                                Basil II ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Renzong ...                            (Song China)                                         (1022-1063)            4th Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

1025                        Shiva with Parvati honoring a devotee (Chola Dynasty)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Byzantine Emperor Basil II dies (12/15)

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Anund Jakob ...                    (Sweden)                                               (1022-1050)            King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Yahya bin Ali ...                    (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1024-1027)            Caliph

                                Conrad II ...                           (HRE)                                                     (1024-1039)            King of Germany / Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                Boleslaus I ...+-                     (Polish Kingdom)                 (992-1025)              Duke(Piast Dyn. (s. Mieszko I)

                                Mieszko II Lambert +           (Polish Kingdom)                 (1025-1034)            King Piast Dynasty

                                John XIX ...                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1024-1032)

                                Basil II -                                  (Byzantine Empire)                               (976-1025)              Emperor (Bulgaroctonus)

                                Constantine VIII +               (Byzantine Empire)                               (1025-1028)            Emperor

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Renzong ...                            (Song China)                                         (1022-1063)            4th Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

                                Guido d’Arezzo's first writings on music

1026                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)        King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Anund Jakob ...                    (Sweden)                                               (1022-1050)            King

                                Alfonso V ...                          (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Richard II ...                           (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Yahya bin Ali ...                    (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1024-1027)            Caliph

                                Conrad II ...                           (HRE)                                                     (1024-1039)            King of Germany / Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                John XIX ...                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1024-1032)

                                Constantine VIII ...               (Byzantine Empire)                               (1025-1028)            Emperor

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Renzong ...                            (Song China)                                         (1022-1063)            4th Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

                                Guido d’Arezzo introduces do re mi system   

1027                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Pope John XIX crowns Conrad Holy Roman Emperor (3/26)

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                                Northern Song moves south to avoid invading Jin Dynasty - become Southern Song (capital: Hangzhou)

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...                               (Denmark)(England)                            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson ...            (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            KingSkioldung

                                Anund Jakob ...                    (Sweden)                                               (1022-1050)            King

                                Alfonso V -                           (Leon)                                                    (999-1027)              King the Noble

                                Bermudo III +                        (Leon)                                                    (1027-1037)            King

                                Richard II -                            (Normandy)                                           (996-1027)              Duke

                                Richard III +-                         (Normandy)                                           (1027-1027)            Duke

                                Yahya bin Ali -                     (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1024-1027)            Caliph

                                Hisham III +                          (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1027-1031)            Caliph

                                Conrad II ...                           (HRE)                                                     (1024-1039)            King of Germany / Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                John XIX ...                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1024-1032)

                                Constantine VIII ...               (Byzantine Empire)                               (1025-1028)            Emperor

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud of Ghazni...           (Ghaznavid Empire)                              (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Renzong ...                            (Song China)                                         (1022-1063)            4th Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

1028                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Canute conquers Norway - his son Sweyn becomes king of Norway

                                Malcolm II ...                         (Scotland)                                              (1005-1034)            King

                                Canute ...+                             (Denmark)(England)(Norway)            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)(1028-1035)King

                                Olaf II Haraldsson -             (Norway)                                               (1015-1028)            King (Skioldung)

                                Hakon Eriksson + (Norway)                                               (1028-1029)            Regent

                                Anund Jakob ...                    (Sweden)                                               (1022-1050)            King

                                Robert II +                             (Normandy)                                           (1028-1035)            Duke

                                Hisham III ...                          (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1027-1031)            Caliph

                                Conrad II ...                           (HRE)                                                     (1024-1039)            King of Germany / Emperor

                                Adalbert ...                            (Austria)                                                (1018-1055)            Margrave

                                John XIX ...                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1024-1032)

                                Constantine VIII -                (Byzantine Empire)                               (1025-1028)            Emperor

                                Zoe +                                      (Byzantine Empire)                               (1028-1050)            Empress

                                Romanus III Argyrus +       (Byzantine Empire)                               (1028-1034)            Emperor

                                al'-Qadir ...                             (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-1031)              25th Abbasid Caliph

                                Mahmud ...                            (Ghazni Empire)                                    (998-1030)              Emperor

                                Renzong ...                            (Song China)                                         (1022-1063)            4th Emperor

                                Hyeonjong ...                        (Goryeo)                                                (1009-1031)            King

                                Fujiwara Michinaga -           (Japan)

                                Go-Ichijo ...                            (Japan)                                                   (1016-1036)            68th Emperor

                                Suryavarman I ...                  (Khmer Empire)                                     (1002-1050)            Cambodia

1029                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

1030                        Emperor Constantine II and Empress Zoe - Haggia Sophia, Istanbul (mosaic)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Battle of Stiklestad - Olaf II tries to regain throne of Norway and is killed (summer)

                                Harald III Hardradi joins Byzantine empress Zoe in campaigns against the Seljuk Turks

                                Byzantine army under Romanus III scatters at "Saracen" (cf. Psellus) onslaught near (Chalep) Aleppo

                                Breakup of Umayyad caliphate of Spain into small kingdoms

                                Death of Biruni - physician, astronomer, mathematician, geographer, and historian

                                Olaf II Haraldson -               (Norway)                                               King (Saint Olaf - 1164)

                                Canute the Great +               (Norway)

                                Mahmud -                              (Ghazni Empire)                                    (998-1030)northern India / eastern Afghanistan

1031                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Caliphate of Corboba becomes extinct

                                Major earthquake in Constantinople (-1032)

                                George Maniaces partially revenges Byzantine route at Aleppo (1030) by capturing Edessa

                                Robert II the Pious -            (France)                                                 King (son of Hugh Capet)

                                Henry I +                               (France)                                                 King

                                al'-Qadir -                               (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (991-)      25th Abbasid Caliph

                                al-Qa'im +                               (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (-1075)    26th Abbasid Caliph

                                Hisham III -                           (Cordovan Caliphate)                          (1027-)    Title

1032                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Romanus III emperor spends most of his time adding to the Haggia Sophia -

                                John XIX -                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                          (1024-1032)

                                Benedict IX +                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                          (1032-1044)

                                Cheng Ming Tao                                                                  1032-1069

1033                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Kingdom of Arles added to Holy Roman Empire

                                Anselm of Cantebury                                                          1033-1109

                                Chang I Ch’uan                                                                    1033-1077

1034                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Romanus III dies in swimming pool - most likely murdered (drowned) on Good Friday (4/12)

                                Romanus III Argyrols -       (Byzantine Empire)                               (1028-)    Emperor

                                Michael IV +                         (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1041)    the Paphalgonian

                                Malcolm II -                           (Scotland)

                                Duncan I +                            (Scotland)                                              King

                                Mieszko II Lambert -            (Polish Kingdom)                                 Piast Dynasty      

                                Casimir I the Restorer +       (Polish Kingdom)                                 Piast Dynasty

1035                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Canute the Great dies - his possessions are divided (11/12)

                                Robert I, duke of Normandy dies, his son William (the Conqueror) succeeds him

                                Zenith of Kiev under Laroslav the Wise (-1054)

                                Metropolitan of Kiev created (-1054)

                                Robert le Diable -                  (Normandy)                                           Duke

                                William +                               (Normandy)                                           Duke (bastard son of Robert)

                                Baldwin IV -                          (Flanders)                                              (989-)      Count  (the Handsome Beard)

                                Baldwin V +                           (Flanders)                                              Count  (the Debonnaire)

                                Canute -                                 (Denmark)(England)(Norway)            (1014-1035)(1016-1035)(1028-1035)    King

                                Canute III +                           (Denmark)                                              Harthacanute (Hardicanute)

                                Magnus I the Good +          (Norway)

                                Sancho the Great -               (Navarre)

                                Garcia Sanchez III +             (Navarre)

                                Ramiro I +                              (Aragon)

                                Ferdinand I the Great +       (Castile)                                 (-1065)

                                Vladivoj -                               (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  Duke (of Poland)

                                Bretislav I +                           (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  Duke

                                Laroslav the Wise +            (Kiev)                                                     the Just (-1054)

1036                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

1037                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Aragon unites with Barcelona

                                Harold I (Harefoot) +           (England)

                                Tughrul Beg +                      (Seljuk Empire)

                                Bermudo III -                         (Leon)

                                Ferdinand I the Great +       (Castile)(Leon)                                      (-1065)

                                Avicenna (Ibn Sina)                                                            980-1037       Physician/Philosopher

1038                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                WESTERN XIA +

                                Stephen I -                             (Hungary)                                              King (Saint)

                                Peter Orseolo +                     (Hungary)                                              King

1039                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Conrad II -                             (Holy Roman Empire)                          (1024-)    King of Germany / Emperor

                                Henry III +                             (Holy Roman Empire)                          (-1056)

                                Dirk III -                                 (Holland)                                               Count

                                Dirk IV +                                (Holland)                                               Count

1040                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Battle of Elgin - Macbeth, Mormaer of Moray, kills Duncan and becomes King of Scots

                                Mission of Abdallah to the Goddala

                                Harold I (Harefoot) -            (England)

                                Harthacanute +                     (England)                                               (-1042)    (Hardicanute) Canute III    

                                Duncan I -                             (Scotland)                                              King

                                MacBeth +                            (Scotland)

                                Ben Isaac of Troyes, Solomon (Rashi)                             1040-1105               Jewish Scholar

1041                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Start of Norman conquest of southern Italy

                                Michael IV                             (Byzantine Empire)                               (1034-)    the Paphalgonian

                                Michael V the Calfat +         (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1042)

                                Peter Orseolo -                      (Hungary)                                              King

                                Aba Samuel +                       (Hungary)                                              (-1044)    King

1042                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Harold III Hardradi returns from East to join in Norse revolt against Magnus I

                                End of Danish rule in England

                                Edward the Confessor becomes King of England - power resides with Earl Godwin and his sons

                                Harthacanute -                      (England)                                               (1040-)

                                Edward (the Confessor) +   (England)                                               (-1066)    King of England (son of Ethelred (II?)

                                Canute III -                            (Denmark)                                              Harthacanute (Hardicanute) dies of drink

                                Magnus the Good +              (Denmark)                                              King (son of Olaf II)

                                Michael V the Calfat -          (Byzantine Empire)                               (1041-)    Emperor

                                Theodora +-                          (Byzantine Empire)                               *****    Empress

                                Constantine IX +                  (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1055)    Emperor (Monomachus)

1043                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England (4/3)

1044                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Peace between China and His-Hsia

                                Empire of Pagan (Burma) founded

                                Aba Samuel -                          (Hungary)                                              (1041-)    King

                                Peter Orseleo +                     (Hungary)                                              (-1046)    King

                                Benedict IX -                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                       (1032-1044)

1045                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Movable type in China 

                                John Xyphilinus of Trebizond becomes the first Nomophylax of  the New University of Constantinople

                                Sylvester III +-                        (Patriarchate of Rome)                    *****

                                Benedict IX +-                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                      *****

                                Gregory VI +                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                   (1045-1046)

                                Roscelin                                                                                 1045-1120

1046                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Magnus I of Denmark and Norway makes Harald III Hardradi joint ruler

                                Peter Orseleo -                      (Hungary)                                              (1044-)    King

                                Andrew I +                            (Hungary)                                              (-1060)    King

                                Gregory VI -                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1045-1046)

                                Clement II +                            (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1046-1047)    Suidger, Bishop of Bamberg

1047                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Magnus the Good -             (Denmark)(Norway)                             King (son of Olaf II)

                                Sweyn II +                             (Denmark)                                              King (nephew of Canute) Estrithson               

                                Harald III Hardradi +            (Norway)                                               King                       (1046)

                                Clement II -                             (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1046-1047)    Suidger, Bishop of Bamberg

                                Benedict IX +                        (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1047-1048)

1048                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Benedict IX -                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                          (1047-1048)

                                Damasus II +-                        (Patriarchate of Rome)                         *****

                                Berno                                                                                      1008-1048             Abbot of Reichenau  

1049                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Dirk IV -                                 (Holland)                                               Count

                                Floris I +                                (Holland)                                               Count

                                Leo IX +                                  (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1049-1054)

1050                        Gomorrhianus  (Peter Damiani) - denunciation of the clergy

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Council of Coyanza - Ferdinand I of Castile confirms the laws of Alfonso V and introduces church reforms

                                Abdullah ibn Yasin, a Muslim teacher and leader of the Almoravids began invasions in Ghana (-1067)

                                Internal disputes among the Ghanian states led to the rise of the Susu Dynasty, a Mande group                                                      

                                Susu warrior king Sumanguru declared himself emperor.

                                Zoe -                                       (Byzantine Empire)                               (1028-)    Empress

                                Suryavarman I -                    (Khmer Empire)                                     Cambodia

                                Chanson de Roland

                                Khayyam, Omar                                                                    1050-1122                               Poet (Persia)

                                T’ang, Li                                                                                1050-1130

                                Guido d' Arezzo                                                                    955-1050                 Music Theorist

1051                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Earl Godwin exiled (1051-1052)

                                Arund Kolbrenner -             (Sweden)                                               Skioldung

                                Edmund Slemme +                (Sweden)                                               Skioldung

1052                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Earl Godwin returns from exile to England with a fleet and winds back his power

                                Edward the Confessor founds Westminster Abbey

                                Hugh of Grenoble (St.)                                                        1052-1132

1053                        Amida Buddha (Jocho)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Earl Godwin dies

                                Godwin -                                (Wessex)                                               Earl

                                Harold +                                (Wessex)                                               Earl

1054                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Pope Leo IX dies (4/19)

                                Great Schism - East (Constantinople) and West (Rome) churches formally split     

                                Kievan state subdivides among various branches - Galich, Vladimir, Volhynia, Suzdal-Vladimir

                                Abdallah ben Yassim begins Muslim conquest of West Africa - Berber jihad - recapture Audoghast markets

                                Crab Nebula supernova observed for 23 days by Chinese and  Arab astronomers

                                Garcia Sanchez III -              (Navarre)

                                Yaroslav the Just -               (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke          

                                Izhaslav +                              (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke

                                Leo IX -                                  (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1049-)

1055                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Seljuk Turks take control of Baghdad

                                Tostig +                                 (Northumbria)                                       Earl (brother of Harold)

                                Constantine IX -                   (Byzantine Empire)                               (1042-)    Monomachus

                                Theodora +                           (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1056)

                                Adalbert -                              (Austria)                                                Margrave

                                Ernst +                                   (Austria)                                                Margrave

                                Bretislav I -                            (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  Duke

                                Spithnjew II +                       (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  Duke

                                Magnus II +                          (Norway)

                                Victor II +                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                           (-1057)

                                Nagrela, Samuel ibn                                                             992-1055   Grenada

1056                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Henry IV's mother Agnes acts as regent of Holy Roman Empire until 1065

                                Theodora -                            (Byzantine Empire)                               (1055-)

                                Michael Stratioticus +         (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1057)

                                Henry III -                              (Holy Roman Empire)                          (1039-)

                                Henry IV +                             (Holy Roman Empire)                          (-1105)                   

                                Edmund Slemme -                 (Sweden)                                               Skioldung

                                Stenkil +                                 (Sweden)                                               House of Stenkil                  

1057                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Battle of Lumphanan - Malcolm Canmore "Big Head", son of Duncan defeats and kills MacBeth

                                Stephen X makes Peter Damiani a cardinal against his wishes

                                Michael Stratioticus -          (Byzantine Empire)                               (1056-)

                                Isaac I Comnenus +             (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1059)

                                MacBeth -                             (Scotland)

                                Lulach +                                 (Scotland)                                              King (stepson of MacBeth)

                                Victor II -                                (Patriarchate of Rome)                           (1055-)

                                Stephen IX (or X) +             (Patriarchate of Rome)                            (-1058)

1058                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Malcolm Canmore kills Lulach in battle - becomes King of Scots

                                Lulach -                                  (Scotland)                                              King (stepson of MacBeth)

                                Malcolm  III Ceann Mor +  (Scotland)                                              (Dunkeld)

                                Casimir I the Restorer -        (Polish Kingdom)                                 Piast Dynasty

                                Boleslaus II the Bold +        (Polish Kingdom)                                 Piast Dynasty (conqueror of upper Slovakia)

                                Stephen IX (or X) -                (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1057-)

                                Benedict X (antipope) +       (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-1059)

                                Al Gazali                                                                                1058-1111

                                Al Hasan, Abu                                                                     972-1058

1059                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Isaac I Comnenus -              (Byzantine Empire)                               (1057-)

                                Constantine X Ducas +       (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1067)

                                Benedict X (antipope) -       (Patriarchate of Rome)                            (1058-)

                                Nicholas II +                          (Patriarchate of Rome)                            (-1061)

1060                        Werden Crucifix - Werden Abbey Church

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Henry I -                                (France)                                                 King

                                Philip I +                                (France)                                                 King

                                Andrew I -                             (Hungary)                                              (1046-)    King

                                Bela I +                                   (Hungary)                                              King

1061                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Normans initiate their conquest of Sicily

                                Muslim Almoravid Dynasty in North Africa - later conquers Spain

                                Malcolm III Canmore invades Northumbria

                                Spithnjew II -                        (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  Duke

                                Vratislav II +                         (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  Duke (king 1088)

                                Floris I -                                 (Holland)                                               Count

                                Dirk V +                                 (Holland)                                               Count

                                Nicholas II -                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                          (1059-)

                                Alexander II +                        (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-1073)                   

                                Honorius II (antipope) +     (Patriarchate of Rome)                           (-1072)

1062                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Yusuf ben Tashfin founds Marrakesh in Morocco

1063                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Harold and Tostig subdue Wales

                                Tughrul Beg -                       (Seljuk Empire)

                                Alp Arslan +                         (Seljuk Empire)

                                Bela I -                                    (Hungary)                                              King

                                Salomon +                             (Hungary)                                              King

1064                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Harold is shipwrecked in Normandy - swears to support William of Normandy's claim to England

1065                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Northumbria rebels against Tostig  who is subsequently exiled

                                Ferdinand I the Great -        (Castile)(Leon)                                      (1035-)(1037-)

                                Sancho II +                            (Castile)                                                 (-1072)

                                Alfonso VI +                         (Leon)                                                    (-1109) (s. Ferdinand I)

                                Ramiro I -                               (Aragon)

                                Sancho Ramirez +                 (Aragon)

1066                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Battle of Stamford Bridge - Harold II  kills invading Tostig & Harold III Hardradi of Norway (9/25) Monday

                                Battle of Hastings - nineteen days after Stamford bridge - William of Normandy kills Harold II (10/14)

                                Harald III Hardradi accompanies Tostig, exiled earl of Northumbria in invasion of N England

                                Harold II becomes king the day after Edward the Confessor dies

                                Norman Conquest

                                Edward (the Confessor) -    (England)                                               (1042-)    King of England (son of Ethelred (II?)

                                Harold II +-                            (England)                                               *****

                                William (the Conqueror) +  (England)                                               King (Duke of Normandy)

                                Stenkil -                                  (Sweden)                                               House of Stenkil  

                                Inge the Elder +                    (Sweden)                                               House of Stenkil (Stenkilsson)

                                Halsten +                               (Sweden)                                               House of Stenkil (Stenkilsson) joint ruler

                                Harold III Hardrade -           (Norway)                                               King

                                Magnus II -                           (Norway)

                                Olaf III the Peaceful +          (Norway)

1067                        Tower of London construction

                                Monte Cassino monastery rebuilding in Italy

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Ash'arism established as the orthodox theology (Nizamiyya Madrasa)

                                Nizamiyya Madrasa established by the Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk in Baghdad

                                Constantine X Ducas -        (Byzantine Empire)                               (1059-)   

                                Michael VII Parapinaces +  (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1068)

                                Yousouf bin Teshonfin +   (Almoravide Sultanate)

                                Baldwin V -                            (Flanders)                                              Count  (the Debonnaire)

                                Baldwin VI of Mons +         (Flanders)                                              Count 

1068                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantine emperor Romanus IV Diogenes (11/20)

                                "Harrying of the North" - Willaim the Conquerer subdues and lays waste the north of England

                                Shen Tsung's minister Wang An-shih carries through radical reforms in China

                                Michael VII Parapinaces -   (Byzantine Empire)                               (1067-)

                                Romanus IV Diogenes +     (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1071)

                                Shen Tsung +                       (China)                                                   Emperor

1069                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Peter Damiani sent as papal legate and arbiter to settle dispute between HR Emperor Henry IV and the empress

                                Famine in Egypt (-1072)

                                Romanus IV Diogenes Byzantine Emperor prepares for second campaign east against Seljuk Turks

                                Wang An-shih +                  (China)                                                   (-1076)

                                Cheng Ming Tao                                                                  1032-1069

1070                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Hereward the Wake leads a Saxon revolt in the Fens of eastern England

                                Romanus IV Diogenes sets out on an expedition  against the Turks

                                Seljuk Turks capture Syria and Palestine (1070-1080)

                                Baldwin VI of Mons -          (Flanders)                                              Count 

                                Arnuff III +                            (Flanders)                                              (1070-1071)    Count 

                                Champeaux, William of                                                        1070-1121

                                Avicebron                                                                             1020-1070

1071                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Battle of Manzikert - Seljuks under Alp Arslan defeat Byzantines under Romanus IV in Asia Minor (8/26)

                                Battle of Manzikert - Romanus IV Diogenes captured

                                Romanus IV Diogenes -      (Byzantine Empire)                               (1068-1071)

                                Michael VII Parapinaces +  (Byzantine Empire)                               (1071-1078)    Ducas

                                Arnuff III -                             (Flanders)                                              (1070-1071)    Count

                                Robert I +                              (Flanders)                                              Count 

                                Guillaume IX d’Aquitaine                                                   1071-1127

1072                        Early Spring (Kuo Hsi)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                William the Conqueror invades Scotland

                                William the Conqueror receives the submission of Hereward the Wake

                                Norman conquest of Sicily (1072-1091)

                                Sancho II -                             (Castile)                                                 (1065-1072)

                                Alfonso VI +                         (Leon)(Castile)                                      (1072-1109)                                   

                                Honorius II (antipope) -       (Patriarchate of Rome)

                                Damiani, Peter                                                                       1007-1072               Reformer (Church Father) (Ravenna)

1073                        Bayeux Tapestry    (1073-1083)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Roussel of Bailleul (Urselius), Norman (Kelt) mercenary, proclaims his own independence in Asia Minor

                                Alp Arslan -                          (Seljuk Empire)

                                Malik Shah +                         (Seljuk Empire)

                                Izhaslav -                               (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke

                                Sviatoslav +                          (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke

                                Alexander II -                       (Patriarchate of Rome)                           (1061-1073)

                                Gregory VII +                       (Patriarchate of Rome)                           (1073-1085)    Hildebrand of Soana

                                Winchester Tropes

                                Chou Lien His                                                                       1017-1073

1074                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Pope Gregory VII issues the Dictatus Papae - setting forth his claims in behalf of papal power

                                Sweyn II -                              (Denmark)                                              King (nephew of Canute) Estrithson (1076)

                                Harold Hen +                        (Denmark)

                                Salomon -                              (Hungary)                                              King

                                Geza I +                                  (Hungary)                                              King

1075                        Bodhisattva Prajnaparamita (Pala Painting, Eastern India)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Dispute between pope and emperor over appointment of bishops (lay investiture) (-1122)

                                Seljuk leader Malik Shah conquers Syria and Palestine

                                al-Qa'im -                                (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (1031-)    26th Abbasid Caliph

                                al-Muqtadi +                         (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (-1094)    27th Abbasid Caliph

                                Ernst -                                    (Austria)                                                Margrave

                                Leopold II +                          (Austria)                                                Margrave

1076                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Council (Synod) of Worms - bishops declare Pope Gregory VII deposed

                                Henry IV vs. Pope Gregory VII

                                Gregory excommunicates Henry IV

                                Almoravid conquest of Ghana

                                Sancho III Ramirez +            (Navarre)                                               Sancho I of Aragon

                                Sviatoslav -                           (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke

                                Wang An-shih +                  (China)

                                De La Porree, Gilbert                                                            1076-1154

1077                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Henry IV does penance before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa

                                Civil war in the Holy Roman Empire (-1080)

                                Almoravid Dynasty in Ghana (-1087)

                                Geza I -                                   (Hungary)                                              King

                                Ladislaus I +                         (Hungary)                                              King (Saint Laszlo)

                                Chang I Ch’uan                                                                    1033-1077

1078                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Michael VII Parapinaces -  (Byzantine Empire)                               (1071-1078)

                                Nicephorus III +                   (Byzantine Empire)                               (1078-1081)    Botaniates

                                Vsevolod +                            (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke

1079                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Frederick, count of Hohenstaufen, marries Agnes, daughter of Emperor Henry IV - becomes Duke of Swabia

                                Battle of Cabra - El Cid defeats Muslim ruler of Seville and his Christian allies

                                Boleslaus II the Bold -         (Polish Kingdom)                                 Piast Dynasty       (conqueror of upper Slovakia)

                                Ladislaus I Herman +           (Polish Kingdom)                                 Piast Dynasty

                                Abelard, Peter                                                                       1079-1142               Churchman (Nantes, France)

1080                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Gregory again excommunicates Henry IV and declares him deposed

                                Order of the Hospital of St. John founded

                                Harold Hen -                         (Denmark)

                                Canute IV +                           (Denmark)                                              King       "the Holy"

                                Inge the Elder -                     (Sweden)                                               House of Stenkil (Stenkilsson)

                                Halsten -                                (Sweden)                                               House of Stenkil (Stenkilsson) joint ruler

                                Inge the Younger +              (Sweden)                                               House of Stenkil (Halstensson)

                                Filip +                                     (Sweden)                                               House of Stenkil (Halstensson) joint ruler

                                Clement III +  (antipope)      (Patriarchate of Rome                       (1080-1100)    aka Guibert of Vienna

                                Henry of Huntington                                                           1080-1160               Historian /Archdeacon

                                William of Conches                                                             1080-1145

                                Ha-Levi, Judah                                                                     1080-1140               Poet (1075-1141)

1081                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION +   (1081-1180)                            Byzantine Expansion

                                Comnenian dynasty in Byzantine Empire (-1185)

                                Nicephorus III -                    (Byzantine Empire)                               (1078-)    Botaniates

                                Alexius I Comnenus +         (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1118)    1st Comnenus Emperor

                                Suger                                                                                      1081-1151

1082                        Ladder of Paradise (from Byzantine manuscript)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Commercial privileges granted to Venice from Byzantine Empire

                                Battle of Tamarite - El Cid defeats Christian count of Barcelona

                                Anna Comnena                                                                    1083-1153               Byzantine Princess/Biographer

1083                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Henry IV storms Rome

                                Gilbert of Sempringham                                                       1083-1189

1084                        Zizhi Tonjian (Sima Guang) (294 volumes - Universal Chronological Chinese History 403B-959A)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Robert Guiscard, Duke of Paulia, forces Henry IV to retreat to Germany

                                El Cid defeats combines Aragonese and Muslim army on lower Ebro

1085                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Capture of Toledo - Alfonso VI takes Toledo from the Moors - reconquista begins (-1492)

                                Islam comes to Chad

                                Shen Tsung -                        (China)                                                   Emperor

                                Pope Gregory VII -                (Patriarchate of Rome)                       (1073-1085)    Hildebrand of Soana

1086                        Death of the Buddha (Japanese Scroll Painting)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Canute IV of Denmark is assassinated - Danish threat to England is lifted

                                Domesday Book is completed in England

                                Almoravide army arrives in Spain from North Africa - El Cid realigns with Alfonso VI

                                Canute IV -                            (Denmark)                                              King       "the Holy" (assassinated)

                                Oluf I +                                   (Denmark)                                              Olaf the Hungry

                                Victor III +                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1086-1087)

                                Wang An-shih                                                                     1021-1086               Scholar-Official (Sung China)

1087                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                William (the Conqueror) -   (England)

                                William II (Rufus) +             (England)                                               King

                                Victor III -                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1086-1087)

1088                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                University of Bologna        

                                Urban II +                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1088-1099)    aka Odo (Eudes) of Lagery

                                Berengar of Tours                                                                1000-1088              

1089                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Lanfranc                                                                                 1010-1089

1090                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Assassins (Hashisham) sect formed by Hassan i Sabbah (1st Old Man of the Mt.) at Alamut in Elburz Mountains

                                El Cid defeats Catalans at Tevar

                                Conversion to Islam of nai of Kanem

                                Bernard of Clairvaux                                                            1090-1153               Churchman

1091                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Hungary controls Croatia

                                Dirk V -                                   (Holland)                                               Count

                                Floris II the Fat +                  (Holland)                                               Count

1092                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Moslem unity in Asia Minor ends with the death of Malik Shah

                                Malik Shah  -                         (Seljuk Empire)

                                Barkiarok +                            (Seljuk Empire)

                                Vratislav II -                          (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  Duke (king 1088)

                                Bretislav II +                         (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  Duke

                                Malik Shah                                                                                    -1092

1093                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                Malcolm III Canmore dies in battle against the English - his brother Donald Bane succeeds him

                                Antipope Clement III expelled from Rome

                                Malcolm  III Ceann Mor -   (Scotland)                                              (Dunkeld)

                                Donald Ban +                        (Scotland)                                              brother of Malcom III

                                Vsevolod -                             (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke

                                Sviatopolk +                          (Kiev)                                                     Grand Duke

                                Robert I -                               (Flanders)                                              Count 

                                Robert II +                             (Flanders)                                              Count 

                                Olaf III the Peaceful -           (Norway)

                                Magnus II Barefoot +          (Norway)

1094                        St. Mark's Cathedral construction begins

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                El Cid enters Valencia triumphant (6)

                                Battle of Cuarte - El Cid defeats Almoravids (10)

                                Portugal becomes an independent state

                                Donald Ban -                         (Scotland)                                              brother of Malcom III          (1097)

                                Duncan II +-                          (Scotland)                                             

                                Edmund +                              (Scotland)

                                al-Muqtadi -                          (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (1075-)    27th Abbasid Caliph

                                al-Mustazhir +                      (Abbasid Caliphate)                            (-1118)    28th Abbasid Caliph

                                Sancho III Ramirez -             (Navarre)                                               Sancho I of Aragon

                                Sancho Ramirez +                 (Aragon)                                                Sancho III Ramirez of Navarre

                                Pedro I +                                (Aragon)

                                Henry +                                  (Portugal)                                              House of Burgundy (Grandson of Robert I)   

1095                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                FIRST CRUSADE +   (1095-1099)

                                Council of Piacenza convenes - Alexius I sends ambassadors to Urban II for help against the Seljuk Turks (3/1)

                                Council of Piacenza concludes (3/5)

                                Council of Clermont -  Pope Urban II calls for Crusade to free the Holy Places (11)

                                Oluf I -                                    (Denmark)                                              Olaf the Hungry

                                Eric I +                                    (Denmark)                                              the Evergood

                                Ladislaus I -                          (Hungary)                                              King (Saint Laszlo)

                                Salomon +                             (Hungary)                                              King  (Coleman Beauclerc)

1096                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                FIRST CRUSADE ...   (1095-1099)

                                First Crusade Begins - Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless

                                Crusaders arrive at Constantinople and advance in the Near East

                                Battle of Bairen - El Cid defeats Almoravids

                                Leopold II -                           (Austria)                                                Margrave

                                Leopold III +                         (Austria)                                                Margrave               the Pious (patron saint)

                                Hugh of St. Victor                                                                1096-1141

                                Psellus, Michael                                                                   1018-1096               Historian (Byzantine Empire)

1097                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                FIRST CRUSADE ...   (1095-1099)

                                Edgar, second son of Malcolm Canmore, defeats Donald Bane with assistance of William the Conqueror

                                Council of Rome - Urban II

                                First Crusade arrives at Constantinople

                                Edmund -                               (Scotland)

                                Edgar +                                  (Scotland)                                              son of Malcome III Canmore

1098                        Bishop of Bari Throne (Niccolo dell'Arca)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                FIRST CRUSADE ...   (1095-1099)

                                Cistercian Order - St. Robert founds the first Cistercian monastery at Citeaux, France

                                Council of Bari - Urban II pushes for the reunion of the East and West Churches

                                Fatimid capture of Jerusale

                                Battle of Antioch - Crusaders defeat Saracens (Muslims)

                                Hildegard of Bingen                                                            1098-1179

1099                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                KOMNENIAN RESTORIATION ...    (1081-1180)                           Byzantine Expansion

                                FIRST CRUSADE -   (1095-1099)

                                Crusaders capture Jerusalem - set up Kingdom (7/15)

                                Council of Rome II - Urban II

                                El Cid dies in Valencia

                                Godfrey of Bouillon +          (Jerusalem)                                            (-1100)    King

                                Urban II -                               (Patriarchate of Rome)                           (1088-1099)    aka Odo (Eudes) of Lagery

                                Paschal II +                           (Patriarchate of Rome)





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