1001

This article is about the year 1001. For the number, see 1001 (number).

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century 11th century 12th century
Decades:	980s 990s 1000s 1010s 1020s
Years:	998 999 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004

1001 by topic
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Births – Deaths
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1001 in various calendars

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) 3697 or 3637     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal  Ox) 3698 or 3638
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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Year 1001 ( MI ) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is the first year of the 11th century and the 2nd millennium.

Events

By place

Africa

• Khazrun ben Falful, from the Maghrawa family Banu Khazrun, begins ruling Tripoli.

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 Changbai Mountains volcano, located on the present-day Chinese-Korean border, erupts with a force of 6.5, the fourth largest Holocene blast (approximate date).
• 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).
• Oqropiri (Ioane I), Svimeon III and Melkisedek I are Catholicoi of Iberia within one year.

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.
• Boleslaw 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.

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.
• A tomb of Saint Ivo (possibly) is uncovered in Huntingdonshire.

Births

• March 29 – Sokkate, Burmese king (d. 1044)
• Al-Qa'im, Abbasid caliph (d. 1075)
• Duncan I, king of Alba (Scotland) (d. 1040)
• Godwin, English nobleman (d. 1053)
• Herluin de Conteville, Norman nobleman (d. 1066)
• Ingegerd Olofsdotter, Grand Princess of Kiev (d. 1050)

Deaths

• January 13 – Fujiwara no Teishi, empress of Japan (b. 977)
• 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

References

1. "Khotyn". Antychnyi Kyiv (in Russian). Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2007.