1000 years ago

Decades: 950s 960s 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s

Years: 999 1000 1001 1002 1003 - 1004 - 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009

Events

• December: End of the Samanid dynasty in Bokhara.
• Boleslaus I of Poland loses Bohemia after having become duke the previous year. He is succeeded as duke of Bohemia by Jaromir.
• Sancho III becomes king of Navarre.
• Sweyn destroys Norwich.
• Aberdeen becomes a bishopry.

Births

• Abdallah ibn Al-Aftas (approximate date)

Deaths

• Eric the Red (approximate date, maybe 1003)
• Abbon of Fleury
• Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet