1010 To 10291010x - Persian poet Firdawsi completes the The Epic of Shanemeh, or The Epic of Kings. An epic of the history of ancient shahs mixed with myth and legend consisting of more than 50,000 rhyming couplets.
1011x - England The Vikings murder Aelfheah.
1012x - Japan First year of Chôwa.
may 12 - Italian Pope Sergius IV, Pietro Crescentii, 1009-1012, dies. List of Popes
1013x - The last Viking attempt to settle Vinland was made.
x - England Lyfing becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
fal 00 - England Emma and Edward leave England.
nov 00 - England London surrenders to the Danes.
1014x - Rajendra I becomes ruler of the Cholas, who dominate much of India
feb 14 - Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor.
apr 23 - Ireland King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf.
apr 23 - Ireland Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle of Clontarf at 87, after defeating the Vikings.
jul 29 - Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies.
oct 06 - The Byzantine Emperor Basil earned the title "Slayer of Bulgers" after he ordered the blinding of 15,000 Bulgarian troops.
oct 06 - Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies.
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1015x - Russia Prince Vladimir's death leads Rurikovich princes intro fratricidal war. u.1036
sep 12 - Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65.
sep 12 - Henry I becomes earl of Leuven.
1016x - Norway Olaf Haraldsson, aka.Saint Olaf, the patron saint of Norway is king. u.1029
apr 00 - England Canute attempts to take the throne.
apr 00 - England Edmund II Ironside becomes King.
oct 18 - England Treaty between Canute and Edmund.
oct 18 - Danes defeat Saxons at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon).
nov 30 - Canute the Great of Denmark becomes King of England. r.u.1035
nov 30 - England Edmund II, Ironsides, King of Saxons 1016, dies at 27.
1017x - Japan First year of Kannin.
aug 26 - Turks defeat the Byzantine army under Emperor Romanus IV at Manikert, Eastern Turkey.
oct 28 - Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor 1046-
1018x - Canute the Great became King of Denmark as well as King of England. u.1035
x - status By this year Basil II had annexed Bulgaria.
1019c - Earliest possible date of composition for the Legend of St. Goeznovius, a Breton legend, which mentions Arthur and calls him the King of the Britons.
x - Machmud of Ghazni, a kingdom in central Asia, invaded India and took so many captives that the prices of slaves plummeted for several years. He invade India annually for 25 years.
x - England Canute takes Denmark.
x - Prince Yaroslav, the Wise, of Novgorod assumes throne of Kievan Rus'.
1020x - England Aethelnoth becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
1021x - Japan First year of Jian.
1022c - Japan Lady Murasaki Shikibu completes her classic court novel,Genji Monogatari or The Tale of Genji.
1023x - China A government agency was formed to print paper money.
1024x - China Paper currency first used in Sichuan
x - Japan First year of Manju.
apr 09 - Pope Benedict VIII, Theophylactus van Tusculum, 1012-1024, dies.
sep 04 - Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king.
1025jul 17 - Boleslaw I Chobry, the brave, duke/king of Poland, dies.
dec 15 - Basil II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor 976-1025, dies and is succeeded as emperor by Constantine VIII, his brother and co-ruler.
1027c - England Birth of William ;¢; Geneology CD, the future conqueror of England.The illegitimate son of Robert the Magnificent, Duke of Normandy, and Herleva, the daughter of a tanner; he was born in Falaise, Normandy (France).
x - England Canute in Rome.
x - Japan Fujiwara Michinaga dies.
mar 26 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor.
may 14 - Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France.
1028x - Canute the Great became King of Norway. u.1035
x - Japan First year of Chôgen.
apr 14 - German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king.
1029x - Al-Mustansir, ruler of most of North Africa. He was the wealthiest of the Fatimid caliphs and was based in Cairo. u.1094
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