1000
ID: 3715
Leif Erikson reaches North America - Vikings land in Vinland (Newfoundland), first Europeans in Americas
ID: 3715
1000
ID: 3716
Iceland converts to Christianity - Althing votes to adopt Christianity, avoiding civil war
ID: 3716
1000
ID: 3748
Battle of Svolder - Sweyn Forkbeard defeats Olaf Tryggvason, Denmark gains control of Norway
ID: 3748
1000
ID: 3975
Pope Sylvester II introduces Arabic numerals to Europe - brilliant mathematician, suspected of sorcery
ID: 3975
1000
ID: 4207
Tugarin the Dragon defeated at Kiev - flying dragon Tugarin Zmeyevich killed by hero Alyosha Popovich (Rus' chronicles)
ID: 4207
1000
ID: 4210
Dragons create Halong Bay - Vietnamese chronicle records dragons descending to protect Vietnam from invaders, create bay with tails
ID: 4210
1000
ID: 4881
Leningrad Codex written - Oldest complete Masoretic Text manuscript, basis for modern Hebrew Bibles
ID: 4881
1000
ID: 5070
Manichaeism survives secretly in Fujian - disguised as Buddhism, called 'Religion of Light', continues until modern times
ID: 5070
1000
ID: 5102
Doge Pietro II Orseolo conquers Dalmatia - establishes Venice's Adriatic empire, begins annual 'Marriage of the Sea' ceremony
ID: 5102
1000
ID: 5179
Robert II begins healing scrofula by royal touch - establishes sacred kingship tradition lasting 800 years
ID: 5179
1000
ID: 5459
Cluny develops elaborate liturgical practices with nearly perpetual prayer - monks spend up to 8 hours daily in choir, influencing Western liturgy
ID: 5459
1000
ID: 5687
Totonac people of Mexico cultivate vanilla orchids - used to flavor chocolate drinks, considered sacred
ID: 5687
1000
ID: 5737
Banda Islands only source of nutmeg in world - tiny islands control global nutmeg supply, worth more than gold
ID: 5737
1000
ID: 5873
November 1000
Death of Aelfthryth at Wherwell - dies at abbey she founded, remembered as both murderess and holy patron
ID: 5873
1000
ID: 5545
December 25, 1000
Stephen I crowned first King of Hungary with crown sent by Pope Sylvester II, establishing Christian kingdom
ID: 5545