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1000
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 ... (Le n) (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
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) King Skioldung
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) -------------------------------------------------------
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 <
span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">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
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
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 arrives in 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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