1009

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

Years: 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 - 1009 - 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014

Events

• February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
• October 18: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is destroyed by Caliph Hakim.
• The Ly dynasty, Vietnam's first independent dynasty, is proclaimed.
• Sergius IV succeeds John XVIII as pope.
• Sulayman succeeds Mohammed II as caliph of Cordoba.
• Provinces of Goryeo (modern-day Korea) are redistributed.

Births

• Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan

Deaths

• Bruno of Querfurt, missionary

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