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901 911 921 931 941 951 961 971 981 991
902 912 922 932 942 952 962 972 982 992
903 913 923 933 943 953 963 973 983 993
904 914 924 934 944 954 964 974 984 994
905 915 925 935 945 955 965 975 985 995
906 916 926 936 946 956 966 976 986 996
907 917 927 937 947 957 967 977 987 997
908 918 928 938 948 958 968 978 988 998
909 919 929 939 949 959 969 979 989 999

900
Alfonso the Great of Castile begins to reconquer Spain from the Moors
Hausa kingdom of Daura founded in Nigeria
Bulgars accept the Eastern orthodox religion
Fall of classic Maya civilization
Maya emigrate to Yucatan Peninsula
Pueblo II Era + (900-1150)
Donald II - (Scotland) (889-)
Constantine II + (Scotland)
John IX - (898-)
Benedict IV + (-903)
Arabic musical instruments introduced into Europe
Tropes and sequences
Musica enchiriadis
901
Edward the Elder takes the title "King of the Angles and Saxons"
902
al-Mu'tadid - (Abbasid Caliphate) (892-902) 16th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muktafi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (902-908) 17th Abbasid Caliph
903
Benedict IV - (900-)
Leo V +- ****
Christopher (antipope) + (903-904)
Al Sufi, ‘Abd Al-Rahman (Azophi) 903-986
Grimbald 820-903
904
Christopher (antipope) - (903-904)
Sergius III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
905
Magyars begin invading Germany
Louis III of Burgundy - (Italy) (899-) Grandson of Ludwig II
Sancho Garces + (Navarre)
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
906
Magyars sack Great Moravia
Tang dynasty ends
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
907
TANG - (618-)
Civil war in divides China - (-960)
Mongols begin their capture of Inner Mongolia and parts of Northern China (-1123)
Arpad - (Hungary) Chieftan
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
908
al-Muktafi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (902-) 17th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muqtadir + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-932) 18th Abbasid Caliph
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
909
Fatamid Caliphate (Shiite) established (-1171)
Said ibn Husyan + (Fatimid Caliphate) 1st Fatimid Caliph (Mahdi) Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
910
Order of Cluny (reformed Benedictine) established in France
Establishment of the Shi'ite Fatimid caliphate in North Africa - Maghrib, Egypt, Syria
Alfonso III the Great - (Asturias) (866-)
Garcia + (Leon) (-914)
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
911
Hrolf the Ganger (Viking Rollo) granted Normandy by the Franks after attempt to dislodge him fails
Said ibn Husyan (1st Fatimid Caliph) executes Al-Shii - causes short rebellion of north African tribes
Conrad I + (Germany) (911-918) King (Duke of Franconia)
Sergius III - (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
Anastasius III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (911-913)
912
Rollo baptized a Christian as "Robert"
Omayyad emirate changes to a caliphate under Abdu-r-Rahman III
Omayyad civilization in Spain reaches its apex under Abdu-r-Rahman III
Leo VI the Wise - (Byzantine Empire) (886-)
Alexander +- (Byzantine Empire) *****
Abdallah - (Cordovan Amirate) (888-)
Abder Rahman III + (Cordovan Caliphate) (-961) Omayyad
Spithnjew I - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Vratislav I + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Oleg (Helgi) - (Kiev) (879-) Grand Duke
Igor + (Kiev) Grand Duke
913
Edward the Elder recaptures Essex from the Danes
Constantine VII + (Byzantine Empire) (-919) Porphyrogenitus
Oleg (Helgi) -
Anastasius III - (911-)
Lando + (-914)
914
Garcia - (Leon) (910-)
Ordono II + (Leon) (-924)
Lando - (913-)
John X + (-928)
915
Battle of Garigliano - Pope John X defeats Saracens (6/915)
Kings of Goryeo and Silla send emmisaries to Abaoji of the Khitan at the banks of the Yalu River
916
LIAO + (-1125)
917
Battle of Anchialus - Simeon I of Bulgaria invades Thrace and drives Byzantines out (8/20/917)
Great Yue (Southern Han) founded in Guandong and Guangxi
918 State of Korgo founded in Korea
Baldwin II - (Flanders) (878-) Count
Arnuff I + (Flanders) (-950) Count (s. Baldwin I)
Conrad I - (Germany) (911-) King (Duke of Franconia)
919
Henry I the Fowler becomes king of Germany - recognized in his lifetime as founder of new realm "Germany"
Saxon of Ottonian House rules Germany (-1024)
Romanus I usurps Byzantine throne from his son-in-law, Constantine VII, who was in his minority
Henry I the Fowler + (Germany) (-936) King (Duke of Saxony)
Constantine VII - (Byzantine Empire) (913-) Porphyrogenitus
Romanus I Lecapenus + (Byzantine Empire) (-944)
920
Golden Age of Ghana Empire (-1050)
921
922
Fatimid Dynasty seizes Morocco
Execution of Hallaj - Sufi mystic - for heresy
Robert I + (France) Capetian (6/22) brother of Eudes
923
LATER LIANG - (I)
LATER TANG + (II)
Battle at Soissons - Robert I killed and Charles III defeated (7/13/923)
Charles III the Simple - (France) Carolingian
Robert I - (France)
Rudolf + (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Berengarius of Friuli - (Italy) (888-) Great Granson of Charlemagne (rival)
Bjorn Erickson - (Sweden) (873-) Skioldung
Eric the Victorious + (Sweden) Skioldung
Dirk I - (Holland) Count
Dirk II + (Holland) (-988) Count
Costa ben Luca 864-923
924
Athelstan becomes effective ruler of most of England
Edward (the Elder) - (England) (899-) King of Wessex
Athelstan + (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Ordono II - (Leon) (914-)
Fruela II + (Leon) (-925)
925
Athelstan is crowned King of Wessex (9/4/925)
Henry the Fowler wins Lotharingia from its allegiance to France
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Fruela II + (Leon) (924-)
Alfonso IV + (Leon) (-930) the Monk
Sancho Garces - (Navarre)
Garcia Sanchez I + (Navarre) (-970)
Razi (Rhazes) -925 Physician / Scientist
926
Athelstan annexes Northumbria and forces kings of Wales, Strathclyde, the Picts and Scots to submit
Magyars invade Saxony - ends with nine year truce whereby Henry the Fowler pays yearly tribute
Second Bulgar siege of Constantinople
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Vratislav I - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Drahomire + (Bohemia) Premyslid Regent (von Stoder)
927
Romanus I of Byzantine Empire makes peace with Peter I, son of Simeon I of Bulgaria
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Simeon I - (Bulgaria) (893-) Czar
Peter I + (Bulgaria) Czar
928
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Drahomire - (Bohemia) Premyslid Regent (von Stoder)
Wenceslaus + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke (Wenzel the Holy) murdered
John X - (914-)
Leo VI +- *****
Stephen VII (or VIII) + (-931)
929
Charles the Simple dies a prisoner at the Tower of Peronne (10/7/929) Murder of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia
Abd al-Rahman III, emir of Cordova, adopts title of caliph - challenging the authority of the Abbasid Caliphate
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Sindok + (Java)
Al Battani 850-929
930
Karmathians sack Mecca
Black Stone stolen from the Kaaba
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Alfonso IV - (Leon) (925-) the Monk
Ordono III + (Leon)
Harold I - (Norway) (872-) Harald Fairhair
Eric I Bloodaxe + (Norway) (-934)
931
Beginning of Byzantine reconquest of Syria
Byzantine forces cross Euphrates near Malatya
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Stephen VII (or VIII) - (928-)
John XI + (-935)
932
Wood block printing adopted in China for mass producing classical books
Imperial Synod at Erfurt absolves Henry the Fowler from of of truce to the Magyars
Shi'ite Buwaihid dynasty founded in Persia
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
al-Muqtadir - (Abbasid Caliphate) (908-) 18th Abbasid Caliph
al-Qahir + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-934) 19th Abbasid Caliph
933
Sefer ha-Nivhar ha-Emunot ve-D'eol (The Book of Critically Chosen Beliefs and Convictions) (Saadiah Gaon)
Battle of Riade - Henry the Fowler defeats the Magyars in great battle near the Unstrut River
Kingdom of Arles forms
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Hugh of Arles + (Italy) (-947)
934
Henry the Fowler extends his frontier at Danish expense
Eric I Bloodaxe - (Norway) (930-934)
Haakon I the Good + (Norway) (934-961)
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
al-Qahir - (Abbasid Caliphate) (932-935) 19th Abbasid Caliph
al-Radi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (935-940) 20th Abbasid Caliph
935
Ikhshidis rule Egypt (-969)
Koryo Period in Korea (-1392) - Koryo state under control
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)<
Rudolf … (France)
(923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Wenceslaus - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke (Wenzel the Holy)
Boleslaus I + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke (Boleslav I)
John XI - (Patriarchate of Rome) (931-935) 125th Pope
936
Otto I is crowned German King at Aachen - most German kings are crowned here (-1531)
Otto I defeats and kills his half-brother Thrankmar
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf - (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Louis IV d’Outremer + (France) (936-954) son of Charles the Simple
Henry I the Fowler - (Saxony)(Germany) (919-936) Duke/King
Otto I + (Saxony)(Germany) (936-972) Duke/King
Taejo ... (Goryeo Kingdom) (918-943) Founder (Wang Dynasty)
Leo VII + (Patriarchate of Rome) (936-939) 126th Pope
Henry the Fowler 876-936
937
Battle of Brunanburh - Athelstan defeats alliance of Scots, Celts, Danes, and Vikings - "King of all Britain"
Dali Kingdom established in Yunnan Province, China - Duan Siping siezes power
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
938
Large silver vein is discovered in Saxony at Rammelsberg - provides silver for next two centuries
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
939
First of a series of civil wars break out in Japan
Vietnam gains independence from Chinese hegemony
Athelstan - (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Edmund + (England) (939-946) King of England (b. of Athelstan)
Leo VII - (936-939)
Stephen VIII (or IX) + (939-942)
940
al-Radi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (934-) 20th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muttaqi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-944) 21st Abbasid Caliph
Firdausi (Ferdowsi) 940-1020 Poet/Historian (Khurasan, Persia)
Gerbert of Aurillac 940-1003
Abul Wefa 940-998
941
Gorm the Old - (Denmark) (883-)
Harold Blaatand + (Denmark) (-991) the Bluetooth
942
Constantine II - (Scotland)
Malcolm I + (Scotland)
Stephen VIII (or IX) - (939-)
Marinus II + (-946)
Gaon, Sa'adyah ben Joseph 882-942 Philosopher (Jewish)
943
944
Romanus I of Byzantium is overthrown by his two sons who in turn are overthrown by Constantine VII
Al-Askari Mosque is built in Samarra under supervision of Hamdanid governor Nasir ad-Dawla
Romanus I Lecapenus - (Byzantine Empire) (919-)
Constantine VII + (Byzantine Empire) (-959) Porphyrogenitus
al-Muttaqi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (940-) 21st Abbasid Caliph
al-Mustakfi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-946) 22nd Abbasid Caliph
945
Scots annex Cumberland and Westmorland from the English
Dunstan becomes abbot of Glastonbury
Buwaihid Persians capture and occupy Baghdad and control the Abbasid caliph
Igor - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Saint Olga + (Kiev) Regent
Abbo of Fleury 945-1004
946
Dunstan becomes Edred's chief minister
Edmund - (England) (939-) King of England (b. of Athelstan)
Edred + (England) (-955) King of England (b. of Edmund)
al-Mustakfi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (944-) 22nd Abbasid Caliph
al-Muti' + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-974) 23rd Abbasid Caliph
Marinus II - (942-)
Agapetus II + (-955)
947
Hugh of Arles - (Italy) (933-)
Lothair II + (Italy) (-950)
948
Romanus I -948 Emperor (Byzantine)
949
950
Bohemia becomes part of Holy Roman Empire - Boleslav forced to acknowledge Otto I's supremacy
Kupe, great Maori navigator discovers New Zealand on canoe voyage
Lothair II - (Italy) (947-)
Berengarius II of Ivrea + (Italy) (-961) Grandson of Berengarius of Friuli
Malcolm I - (Scotland) (953)
Indulf + (Scotland) (-962)
Arnuff I - (Flanders) (918-) Count (s. Baldwin I)
Baldwin III + (Flanders) (-961) Count
Hasdai ibn Shaprut of Cordova fl. Physician / Scholar
Al Farabi 870-950 Philosopher
951
Otto I campaigns in Italy
952
953
Moizz + (Fatimid Caliphate) (-975) 4th Fatimid Caliph
954
Louis IV d’Outremer - (France) (936-) Son of Charles the Simple
Lothair + (France)
955
Battle of Lechfeld - Otto I defeats the Magyars and ends their westward advance (8/10/955)
Edred - (England) (946-955) King of England (b. of Edmund)
Edwy + (England) King of England (son of Edwy)
Saint Olga - (Kiev) Regent
Sviatoslav + (Kiev) Grand Duke
Agapetus II - (946-)
John XII + (-964)
Guido d' Arezzo 955-1050
956
Edwy sends Dunstan into exile
Ordono III - (Leon)
Sancho I + (Leon) the Fat
957
Mercians and Northumbrians rebel against Edwy
958
959
Dunstan recalled from exile - becomes archbishop of Cantebury
Constantine VII - (Byzantine Empire) Porphyrogenitus
Romanus II + (Byzantine Empire) (-963)
Edwy - (England) King of England (son of Edwy)
Edgar + (England) (959-975) King of England (b. Edwy)
960
Sung dynasty begins
Mieszko I becomes first ruler of Poland
Mieszko I + (Polish Kingdom) (960-992)1st Duke Piast Dynasty
961
Otto I undertakes second expedition to Italy to protect Pope John XII (-992)
Berengarius II of Ivrea - (Italy) (950-) Grandson of Berengarius of Friuli
Baldwin III - (Flanders) (950-) Count
Arnuff I the Elder + (Flanders) (-964) Count (Son of Baldwin II)
Abder Rahman III - (Cordovan Caliphate) (912-) Omayyad
Hakam II + (Cordovan Caliphate) (961-976)
Haakon I the Good - (Norway) (934-)
Harold II Graypelt + (Norway)
962
Revival of Roman Empire in West - Otto I crowned emperor by Pope John XII - Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire unites Italy and Germany
Saint Bernard's Hospice founded in Switzerland
Indulf - (Scotland) (950-)
Dubh + (Scotland) (962-967)
963
Romanus II - (Byzantine Empire) (959-)
Basil II Bulgaroctonus +- (Byzantine Empire) *****
Nicephorus II Phocas + (Byzantine Empire) (963-969)
Leo VIII (antipope?) + (-965)
964
Arnuff I the Elder - (Flanders) (961-) Count (Son of Baldwin II)
Arnuff II the Younger + (Flanders) (964-989) Count
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
John XII - (955-)
Benedict V (antipope?) + (-966)
965
Byzantium retakes Crete and Cyprus (962)
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
Leo VIII (antipope?) - (963-)
John XIII + (-972)
Mutanabbi -966 Neoclassical poet
966
Mieszko I, first Duke of Poland is baptized (4/966)
Otto I's third expedition to Italy (-972) - his son Otto II crowned as future Emperor
Sancho I King of Léon dies from poisoning
Harold II Graypelt ... (Norway) (961-977) King
Dubh ... (Scotland) (962-967)
Edgar + (England) (959-975) King of England (b. Edwy)
Arnuff II the Younger ... (Flanders) (964-989) Count
Dirk II ... (Holland) (923-988) Count
Garcia Sanchez I ... (Navarre) (925-970) King
Sancho I The Fat - (Léon) (960-966)2 King (poisoned)
Ramiro III + (Léon) (966-984) King
Hakam II ... (Cordovan Caliphate) (961-976)
Otto I The Great ... (HRE) (962-673) Emperor (Saxon Dynasty)
Boleslaus I The Cruel ... (Bohemia) (935-967) Premyslid Duke (Boleslav I)
Pietro IV Candiano ... (Venice) (959-976) Doge
Mieszko I ... (Polish Kingdom) (960-992) 1st Duke (Piast Dynasty)
Peter I ... (Bulgaria) (927-969) Czar (abdicated)
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
al-Muti' ... (Abbasid Caliphate) (946-974) 23rd Abbasid Caliph
Moizz ... (Fatimid Caliphate) (953-975) 4th Fatimid Caliph
Muzong ... (Khitan Empire) (951-969) Emperor (Liao Dynasty)
Taizu ... (Song China) (960-976) 1st Emperor (Zhao Kuangyin)
Liu Chengjun ... (Northern Han) (954-970)
Li Houzhu ... (Southern Tang) (961-975)
Qian Shu ... (Wuyue Kingdom) (947-978) King
Guangjong ... (Goryeo Kingdom) (949-975) King
Murakami ... (Heian Japan) (946-967) 62nd Emperor
John XIII ... (Patriarchate of Rome) (965-972)
Benedict V (antipope?) - (964-)
967
Dubh - (Scotland) (962-)
Colin (Cuilean) + (Scotland) (-971)
Sancho I - (Leon) the Fat
Ramiro III + (Leon)
Boleslaus I The Cruel - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke (Boleslav I)
Boleslaus II + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
968
End of Khazar Empire
Gaonate of Sherira and Hai (-1038)
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
969<
Fatimids conquer Egypt and build Cairo as the capital
Nicephorus II Phocas - (Byzantine Empire) (963-)
John I Tzimisces + (Byzantine Empire)
Peter I - (Bulgaria) Czar
Boris II + (Bulgaria) Czar
970
Mosque-university of al-Azhar construction in Cairo by the Fatimids
Seljuk Turks enter Persia
Reemergence of Chalukukyan power and defeat of Raschtrakutas
Garcia Sanchez I - (Navarre) (925-970) King
Sancho Abarca + (Navarre)
971
Colin (Cuilean) - (Scotland) (967-)
Kenneth II + (Scotland)
972
Saracen’s last stronghold in Provence destroyed at La Garde-Freinet
Sviatoslav - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Yaropolk + (Kiev) Grand Duke
Boris II - (Bulgaria) Czar
Geza + (Hungary) Duke
John XIII - (965-)
Al Hasan, Abu 972-1058
973
Otto I the Great dies (5/7/973)
Moizz (4th Fatimid Caliph) moves capital from Mahdia to newly established Cairo
Otto I - (Holy Roman Empire) King (son of Henry the Fowler)
Otto II + (Holy Roman Empire) King of Germany (son of Otto I)
Benedict VI + (-974)
974
al-Muti' - (Abbasid Caliphate) (946-974) 23rd Abbasid Caliph
al-Ta'i' + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-991) 24th Abbasid Caliph
Benedict VI - (973-)
Boniface VII (antipope) +- *****
Benedict VII + (-983)
975
Byzantine forces under John I Tzimisces reach suburbs of Baghdad (& Jerusalem?)
John I Tzimisces reconquers Syria and Palestine
Edgar - (England) King of England (brother of Edwy)
Edward (the Martyr) + (England) King of England (son of Edgar)
Moizz - (Fatimid Caliphate) (953-975) 4th Fatimid Caliph
976
Basil II and his brother Constantine succeed as Byzantine co-emperors (1/11/976)
Civil war in the Byzantine Empire (-979)
John I Tzimisces - (Byzantine Empire)
Basil II Bulgaroctonus + (Byzantine Empire) (976-1025) Emperor
Leopold I + (Austria) Margrave
Hakam II - (Cordovan Caliphate) (961-) Alhaken
Hisham II + (Cordovan Caliphate) Hixen
Samuel + (Bulgaria) Prince
977
Harold II Graypelt - (Norway) (961-977) King
Earl Haakan + (Norway)
978
Chinese begin compiling an encyclopedia of 1000 volumes
Edward the Martyr murdered at Corfe Castle (3/18/978)
Edward (the Martyr) - (England) King of England (son of Edgar) murdered
Aethelred (the Unready) + (England) King of England (b. Edward the Martyr)
979
Battle of Pancalia - Basil Phocas vs. Bardas Sclerus (3/24/979)
980
Arabs settle on East coast of Africa
Danes renew their raids on England - attack Chester and Southampton
Yaropolk - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Saint Vladimir + (Kiev) Grand Duke (The Sunny)
Avicenna 980-1037
Zoe 980- Byzantine Empress
981
Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - settles in Greenland - named to attract colonists
982
Ramiro III - (Leon)
Bermudo II + (Leon)
983
Otto II - (Holy Roman Empire) King of Germany (son of Otto I)
Otto III + (Holy Roman Empire) (-1002)
Benedict VII - (974-)
John XIV + (-984)
984
Boniface VII (antipope) + (-985)
John XIV - (983-)
985
Basil the Great deposes Basil, Lord Chamberlain and regent - sends him into exile
Boniface VII (antipope) - (984-)
John XV + (-996)
986
Lothair - (France)
Louis V le Faineant + (France)
987
Capetian Dynasty founded in France with accession of Hugh Capet (-1328)
Louis V le Faineant - (France)
Hugh Capet + (France) King
988
Vladimir if Kiev introduces Eastern Orthodox religion into his lands
Dirk II - (Holland) (923-988) Count
Arnold + (Holland) Count
989
Baptism of Vladimir of Kiev
Arnuff II the Younger - (Flanders) (964-) Count
Baldwin IV + (Flanders) (-1035) Count (the Handsome Beard)
990
991
Battle of Maldon - Danish invaders defeat Byrhtnoth of Essex
Ethelred II buys off the Danes with 10,000 pounds of silver
al-Ta'i' - (Abbasid Caliphate) (974-) 24th Abbasid Caliph
al'-Qadir + (Abbasid Caliphate) (991-1031) 25th Abbasid Caliph
Harold Blaatand - (Denmark) (941-) the Bluetooth
Sweyn I + (Denmark) the Splitbeard (985)
992
Ethelred makes a truce with Duke Richard I of Normandy
Mieszko I - (Polish Kingdom) (960-) King Piast Dynasty
Boleslaus I the Brave + (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty (son of Mieszko I) (-1025)
Nagrela, Samuel ibn 992-1055 Grenada
993
Olaf Skutkonung becomes first Christian king of Sweden
Eric the Victorious - (Sweden) Skioldung
Eric Arsaell + (Sweden) Skioldung
Arnold - (Holland) Count
Dirk III + (Holland) Count
994
Danes under Sweyn and Norwegians under Olaf Trygvesson sail up Thames and seige London
Ethelred buys off Sweyn and Olaf
Sancho Abarca - (Navarre)
Garcia Sanchez II + (Navarre)
Leopold I - (Austria) Margrave
Henry I + (Austria) Margrave
995
Golden Age of the arts in Japan under Fujiwara (-1028)
Olaf Trygvesson returns to Norway and deposes Haakan the Great - makes himself king
Kenneth II - (Scotland)
Constantine III + (Scotland)
Earl Haakan - (Norway)
Olaf I Tryggvason + (Norway)
Fujiwara Michinaga + (Japan)
996
Hugh Capet - (France) (987-) King
Robert II the Pious + (France) King (son of Hugh Capet) (996-1031)
Richard II + (Normandy) Duke
Hakim + (Fatimid Caliph) (-1021) 6th Fatimid Caliph
John XV - (985-)
Gregory V + (-999)
997
Robert the Pious threatened with excommunication due to relationship with cousin Bertha of Burgundy
Constantine III - (Scotland)
Kenneth III + (Scotland) (-1005)
Geza - (Hungary) Duke
Stephen I + (Hungary) King (Saint)
John XVI (antipope) + (-998)
998
Mahmud founds empire in India
Mahmud + (Ghazni Empire) (998-1030) n. India / eastern Afghanistan
John XVI (antipope) - (997-998)
999
Battle of Svolder - Sweyn kills Olaf of Norway and annexes Norway to Denmark (9) (999 or 1000)
Poles conquer Silesia
Baguda first king of Kano in northern Nigeria
Mahmud of Ghazni establishes the first Turkish Moslem Empire in Afghanistan
Bermudo II - (Leon)
Alfonso V + (Leon) the Noble
Boleslaus II - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Boleslaus III + (Bohemia) (999-1002)Premyslid Duke
Gregory V - (996-)
Sylvester II + (999-1003)

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