- November 13
- English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers. [1]
1003
- May 12
- Gerbert French scholar, dies in Rome. [1]
- Sylvester II [Gerbert van Aurillac], first Fren Pope (999-1003), dies. [1]
1004
- May 14
- Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy. [1]
- May 15
- Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy. [1]
1006
- April 30
- Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed. [1] [1561.31]
- May 1
- Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus. [1]
1008
- April 10
- Notger bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies. [1]
1009
- March 9
- Death of St. Bruno von Querfurt (970 - 1009); missionary to Poland. [37]
- October 18
- The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed, on orders from al-Hakim, Fatimid Caliph of Egypt. [1321.11]
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1010
- May 3
- Ansfried 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about age 69. [1]
1011
- February 23
- Death of St. Willigis von Mainz; chancellor of Germany under emperor Otto I, Archbishop of Mainz. [37]
1012
- May 12
- Sergius IV [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies. [1]
1014
- February 14
- Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor. [1]
- April 23
- Brian Boru king of Ireland, dies in battle at age 87. [1]
- King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf. [1]
- Sweyn Forkbeard Viking king of England (1013-14), dies. [1]
1016
- April 23
- Aethelbred II "the Unready" king of England (979-1016), dies. [1]
- October 18
- Danes defeat Saxons at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon). [1]
- November 30
- Edmund II Ironsides, King of the Saxons (1016), dies at age 27. [1]
1018
- December 1
- Death of Dietmar in Merseburg, Germany; chronicler of information. [37]
1021
- March 16
- Death of St. Heribert von Köln; Archbishop of Cologne. [37]
1024
- April 3
- The Sung Dynasty of China first prints paper money in Szechwan, due to a shortage of copper for coinage. [453.74]
- April 9
- Benedict VIII [Theophylactus van Tusculum] Pope (1012-24), dies. [1]
- July 13
- Death of St. Heinrich II; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke (Herzog) of Bavaria, King of Germany. [37]
1025
- December 15
- Basilius II the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies. [1]
1026
- March 23
- Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy. [1]
1027
- March 26
- John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor. [1]
- May 14
- Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France. [1]
1028
- April 14
- German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king. [1]
- May 5
- Alfonso V King of León/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle. [1]
1030
- April 30
- Mohammud van Ghazna Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies. [1]
- July 29
- Death of King Olav Haraldsson of Norway, in battle of Stiklestad. [1] [1458.29]
1032
- February 2
- Koenraad II succeeds Rudolf III as king of Bourgundy. [1]
- Rudolf III last independent king of Bourgundy, dies. [1]
1034
- March 15
- Mieszko II King of Poland (1025-34), dies. [1]
- April 11
- Romanus III Argyrus Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife. [1]
1035
- May 30
- Boudouin IV count of Flanders (988-1035), dies. [1]
- Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders. [1]
- November 12
- Canute "The Great" King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at age 41. [1]
1037
- May 28
- German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis". [1]
1038
- January 9
- In Shensi, China, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurs, resulting in 23,000 deaths. [53]
1039
- May 27
- Dirk III Hierosolymita Count of Holland, dies. [1]
1040
- March 7
- Harold I King of England (1035-40), dies. [1]
- March 17
- Harold British King (1035-40), dies. [1]
- May 21
- King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency. [1]
1041
- December 10
- Michael IV Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies. [1]
1043
- February 15
- Gisela wife of Roman Catholic-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at age 52. [1]
- April 3
- Edward the Confessor crowned king of England. [1]
1044
- April 19
- Gothelo duke of Netherlands-Lotharingen, dies. [1]
1045
- January 20
- Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III. [1]
1046
- December 20
- German king Heinrich III arrives in Rome. He deposes three Pope claimants: Gregory VI, Benedictus IX, and Silvester III. [1] [37]
- December 25
- German king Heinrich III installs Suidiger, bishop of Bamberg, as Pope Clement II. [1] [37]
1047
- October 9
- Death of Suidiger (Pope Clement II), the second German pope; most noted for his efforts to eliminate the buying and selling of church offices; he convoked the council of Rome; only pope to be buried in Germany. [37]
1048
- May 1
- Bishop Bernold flees Saint Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands. [1]
- August 9
- Death of Pope Damasus II, the third German pope, of malaria. [37]
- December 13
- Al-Biruni Arabic royal astrologer, dies at age 74. [1]
- December 25
- Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX. [1]
1049
- January 12
- Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair Persian mystic, dies at age 81. [1]
- January 13
- Derrick IV Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle. [1]
- February 12
- Bruno count of Egesheim and Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX. [1]
1050
- May 17
- Guido van Arezzo Italian music theorist, dies. [1]
- July 19
- The Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland (Central Council of Jews in Germany) is founded in Frankfurt am Main. [37]
1051
- June 10
- Death of St. Bardo in Paderborn (Germany); Benedictine monk, abbot, Archbishop of Mainz (1031), constructed Cathedral of Mainz. [37]
1054
- February 20
- Yaroslav I the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies. [1]
- March 12
- Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome. [1]
- April 19
- Leo IX [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg] Pope (1049-54), dies at age 51. [1]
- July 4
- The Chinese, the Arabs and possibly Amerindians observe a bright supernova, the remnants of which form the Crab Nebula. [1] [5] [523.125] [1561.31]
- September 24
- Death of Hermann von Reichenau in Reichenau (Germany); chronicler of information in his age. [37]
1055
- January 11
- Constantine IX Monomachos emperor of Byzantium, dies. [1]
- April 13
- Bishop Gebhard van Eichstätt named Pope Victor II. [1]
- December 19
- Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad. [1]
1056
- April 22
- Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye. [1]
1057
- August 15
- Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan. [1]
- August 31
- Leofric husband of Lady Godiva, dies. [1]
1058
- March 29
- Stephen IX [Frederik van Lotharingen], first Belgian Pope (1057-58), dies. [1]
- April 5
- Bishop John "Minchio", [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X. [1]
1059
- May 23
- Henri I crowns his son compassionate King Philip I of France. [1]
1061
- April 24
- Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed. [1]
1064
- April 1
- Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik. [1]
- April 30
- German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland. [1]
- (month unknown)
- In Chang-chou, China, a daytime fireball and meteorite fall is observed. [521]
1065
- April 12
- Pilgrims under bishop Günther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem. [1]
- December 27
- Ferdinand I the Great, king of Castile, dies. [1]
- December 28
- Westminster Abbey opens in London. [1]
1066
- January 5
- Edward the Confessor, King of England, names brother-in-law Harold Godwinson as heir. [353.10]
- Edward de Belijder the Confessor, King of England (1043-1066), dies in London at age 62. [1] [1394.8] [1433.27]
- Harold Godwinson proclaims himself King of England. [1394.33]
- January 6
- Earl Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. [1] [1394.33] [1433.27]
- March 23
- 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]
- July 18
- Death of St. Answer by stoning in far north of German area (born about 1035); Benedictine monk. [37]
- September 20
- Battle of Fulford near York, England; King Harald Hardrada of Norway versus Anglo-Saxon armies of Mercia and Northumbria. Large losses on each side, King Harald is the winner. [1433.28]
- September 25
- Battle of Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England: King Harold II defeats Harold Hardrada of Norway, who dies in battle. [353.10] [1433.28]
- September 28
- William the Conqueror lands in England. [1]
- October 14
- Battle of Hastings, in which William (the Conqueror) of Normandy wins England. King Harold Godwinson of England is killed in battle by an arrow. [1] [353.10] [832.2] [1433.29]
- December 25
- William the Conqueror, crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey. [1] [353.10] [1433.30]
1069
- December 24
- Godfried II with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies. [1]
1070
- June 4
- Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France. [1]
1071
- February 22
- Arnulf III earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle. [1]
- Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I. [1]
1072
- January 10
- Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. [1]
- March 16
- Adalbert archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies. [1]
1073
- April 21
- Alexander II [Anselmo da Baggio] Pope (1061-73), dies. [1]
- April 22
- Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII. [1]
- December 20
- Domingo Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies. [1]
1075
- August 2
- John VIII Xiphilinus theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies. [1]
1076
- January 1
- The Holy Roman Emperor, Heinrich IV, persuades 26 bishops to refuse obedience to the Pope. [37]
- January 24
- The Holy Roman Emperor writes a letter to Pope Gregory VII condemning him as a usurper of the papacy. [1] [37]
- February 14
- Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV. [1]
- February 22
- Godfried III with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered. [1]
- April 27
- Willem bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies. [1]
1077
- January 21
- German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness. [1]
- January 28
- Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV. [1]
- March 1
- Imperial diet removes Heinrich IV as Kaiser and subsequently elects Rudolf von Schwaben. [37]
- April 24
- Geza I King of Hungary (1074-7), dies. [1]
- December 14
- Agnes of Poitou German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies. [1]
1078
- February 22
- Johannes van Fécamp Italian mystic writer, dies. [1]
- John of Fécamp Italian mystic writer, dies. [1]
1079
- March 6
- Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar. [1]
- March 16
- Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar. [1]
- May 9
- Stanislaus Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered. [1]
1081
- April 4
- Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne. [1]
1082
- May 12
- Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austria. [1]
1084
- March 31
- Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV. [1]
1085
- May 6
- King Alfonso VI of León conquered Toledo, dies. [1]
- May 25
- Gregory VII [Ildebrando] Pope (1073-85), dies. [1]
- King Alfonso VI of Castily/León occupy Toledo on Moren. [1]
1086
- May 24
- Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III. [1]
1087
- May 30
- German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad. [1]
- September 9
- William I The Conqueror, King of England, and Duke of Normandy, dies. [1]
1088
- January 6
- Berengarius of Tours French theologist, dies. [1]
- March 12
- Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III. [1]
1089
- April 28
- Dirk de Grote bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies. [1]
- May 28
- Lanfrance Archbishop of Canterbury, dies. [1]
1090
- October 6
- Death of St. Adalbero von Würzburg (born about 1010 in Austria); Bishop of Würzburg (1045). [37]
1091
- April 29
- Battle at Monte Levunium Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes. [1]
- May 31
- Hendrik van Verdun bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies. [1]
1092
- May 9
- Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated in England. [1] [5] [241.9]
1093
- July 14
- Death of St. Ulrich von Zell in the Black Forest (born 1029 in Regensburg (Germany)). [37]
1095
- February 25
- Council of Rockingham bishop Anselmus versus King William II Rufus. [1]
- November 27
- Pope Urban II orders first Crusade, calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land. [1] [129]
1096
- May 18
- Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm. [1]
1098
- February 10
- Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch. [1]
- June 3
- Christian Crusaders seize Antioch, Turkey. [1]
- December 12
- First Crusaders capture and plunder Mara Syria. [1]
1099
- January 6
- Henry V crowned German king. [1]
- January 13
- Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria. [1]
- January 28
- First Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria. [1]
- April 14
- Conrad bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death. [1]
- July 15
- Crusade capture of Jerusalem. [1674.75]
- August 19
- Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon. [1]
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