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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	970s 980s 990s – 1000s – 1010s 1020s 1030s
Years:	999 1000 1001 – 1002 – 1003 1004 1005

For the number, see 1000 (number).

[edit] Events

January 23 – Henry II succeeds Otto III as king of Germany.
June – Frederick is sent as an imperial legate to the Synod of Pöhlde to mediate between the claims of Bernard, Bishop of Hildesheim, and Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz, concerning the control of the abbey of Gandersheim.
July – Battle of Calatañazor: superior Christian armies of Castille led by Count Sancho García and León led by Alfonso V defeat invading Muslim forces under Almanzor.
November 13—St. Brice's Day massacre: English king Æthelred the Unready orders all Danes in England killed.
November – Frederick is elected Archbishop of Ravenna.
Vladivoj succeeds Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia.
Otto of Worms withdraws his nomination for the title of Holy Roman Emperor and receives Duchy of Carinthia in return.
Æthelred the Unready married Emma of Normandy, Richard's I the fearless, duke of Normandy's daughter.
Brian Boru, King of Leinster and Munster, becomes High King of Ireland, breaking the Uí Néill monopoly on the title. Not satisfied with the submission of Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, Brian Boru makes an expedition to the north to take hostages from the northern states.
John IV of Naples is probably released from German captivity by Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor.
With a new group of colonists, an epidemic hits the Viking colony in Greenland.
Danegeld is paid by Æthelred the Unready to prevent Viking raids against England.

1002 by topic
Lists of leaders
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Births – Deaths
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Establishments – Disestablishments v • d • e