1001
1001
Calendar year
Year 1001 (MI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the 11th century and the 2nd millennium.
This article is about the year 1001. For the number, see 1001 (number). For other uses, see 1001 (disambiguation).
Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 1001 MI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1754 |
| Armenian calendar | 450 ԹՎ ՆԾ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5751 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 922–923 |
| Bengali calendar | 408 |
| Berber calendar | 1951 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1545 |
| Burmese calendar | 363 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6509–6510 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3698 or 3491 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3699 or 3492 |
| Coptic calendar | 717–718 |
| Discordian calendar | 2167 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 993–994 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4761–4762 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1057–1058 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 922–923 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4101–4102 |
| Holocene calendar | 11001 |
| Igbo calendar | 1–2 |
| Iranian calendar | 379–380 |
| Islamic calendar | 391–392 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōhō 3 (長保３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 902–904 |
| Julian calendar | 1001 MI |
| Korean calendar | 3334 |
| Minguo calendar | 911 before ROC 民前911年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −467 |
| Seleucid era | 1312/1313 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1543–1544 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1127 or 746 or −26 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1128 or 747 or −25 |
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By place
Africa
- Khazrun ben Falful, from the Maghrawa family Banu Khazrun, begins ruling Tripoli, on the African continent.
Asia
- March 17 – The Buddhist ruler of Butuan, in the Philippines (P’u-tuan in the Sung Dynasty records), Sari Bata Shaja, makes the first tributary mission to China.
- The Tao/Tayk region is annexed by the Byzantines, as the Theme of Iberia.
- Mahmud of Ghazni, Muslim leader of Ghazni, begins a series of raids into northern India, establishing the Ghaznavid Empire across most of today's Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Pakistan.
- Battle of Peshawar: Jayapala suffers defeat from the Ghaznavid Empire.
- Former emperor Đinh Phế Đế dies, while suppressing the Cửu Long Rebellion in Thanh Hoa Province.
- Khmer King Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I, and/or Suryavarman I.
- Construction begins on the Liaodi Pagoda, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history (completed in 1055).
- Japan
- January 13 – Empress consort Fujiwara no Teishi dies in childbirth.
- November – The imperial palace is destroyed by fire.
- 70th birthday and longevity ceremony of Fujiwara no Bokushi (mother-in-law of Fujiwara no Michinaga, grandmother of Empress Shōshi).
- 40th birthday of Empress dowager Senshi (mother of Emperor Ichijō).
Europe
- February 6 – After leading the revolt against Emperor Otto III and expelling the Crescentii, Gregory I, Count of Tusculum is named "Head of the Republic".
- July 31 – Emperor Otto III confirms the possessions of Ulric Manfred II of Turin, and grants him privileges.
- July – Sergius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Byzantine Emperor Basil II attempts to reconquer Bulgaria.
- Robert II, King of France, marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.
- Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened at Aachen Cathedral.
- The First Battle of Alton: Danish invaders defeat the English.
- Battle of Pinhoe: Vikings defeat the Anglo-Saxons in Devon.
- Bolesław I of Poland begins ruling parts of Slovakia.
- Bryachislav of Polotsk begins ruling Polotsk.
- Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg begins ruling the Archbishopric of Strasbourg.
- Ermengol I of Urgell makes his second voyage to Rome.
- Þorgeirr Ljósvetningagoði ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.
- Ælfgar, bishop of Elmham, is consecrated.
- Æthelred becomes bishop of Cornwall, but dies shortly afterwards.
- The town of Lloret de Mar is founded in Catalonia.
- The first reference is made to Khotyn, Ukrainian town,[1] and to Nyalka, Hungarian village, as to Chimudi.
- Brian Boru attacks the Ui Neill in Ireland.
North America
- Vikings, led by Leif Eriksson, establish small settlements in and around Vinland in North America (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- King Edward the Martyr of England is canonized.
- The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom is established.
- Oqropiri (Ioane I), Svimeon III and Melkisedek I are Catholicoi of Iberia within one year.
- A tomb of Saint Ivo (possibly) is uncovered in Huntingdonshire, England.
- January 13 – Fujiwara no Teishi, empress of Japan (b. 977)
- January 22 – Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab, Uqaylid emir of Mosul[2]
- October 7 – Æthelstan, bishop of Elmham
- December 21 – Hugh, margrave of Tuscany
- Conrad, margrave of Ivrea
- David III of Tao ("the Great"), Georgian prince
- Đinh Phế Đế, Vietnamese emperor (b. 974)
- Ermengarda de Vallespir, Spanish countess
- Izyaslav, Kievan prince of Polotsk
- Ja'far ibn al-Furat, Ikhshidid and Fatimid vizier (b. 921)
- Jayapala, Indian ruler of the Hindu Shahi
- Jayavarman V, emperor of the Khmer Empire
- Wang Yucheng, Chinese official and poet (b. 954)
- Ziri ibn Atiyya, emir of Morocco
- "Khotyn". Antychnyi Kyiv (in Russian). Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2007.
- Busse, Heribert (2004) [1969]. Chalif und Grosskönig - Die Buyiden im Irak (945-1055) [Caliph and Great King - The Buyids in Iraq (945-1055)] (in German). Würzburg: Ergon Verlag. pp. 74–75. ISBN 3-89913-005-7.