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- For other uses, see number 1000.
| Years: 997 998 999 - 1000 - 1001 1002 1003 | |
| Decades: 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s | |
| Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century | |
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Events
- World Population 300 million.
- Gunpowder invented in China.
- Scandinavia, Iceland and Hungary Christianized.
- Stephen I becomes King of Hungary.
- Sancho III of Navarre becomes King Aragon, Navarre, and Castile.
- Leif Ericson lands in North America, calling it Vinland.
- Sweyn I establishes Danish control over part of Norway.
- Dhaka, Bangladesh, is founded.
- The Diocese of Kolobrzeg is founded.
- Emperor Otto III makes pilgrimage from Rome to Aachen and Gniezno (Gnesen), stopping at Regensburg, Meissen, Magdeburg, and Gniezno. Meeting in Gniezno (with Boleslaw I Chrobry) was part of pilgrimage.
- The Hutu arrive in present-day Rwanda and Burundi, soon outnumbering the native Twa.
Births
Deaths
- Olaf I of Norway, killed at the Battle of Svold.
- Tlilcoatzin, Toltec ruler (exact year uncertain).
See also
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