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999Alternate uses, see Number 999. Events Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland Pope Silvester II succeeds Pope Gregory V Births Deaths December 16 Saint Adelaide of Italy 999. 1000Events World Population 300 million. Gunpowder invented in China. Scandinavia, Iceland and Hungary Christianized. Stephen I becomes King of Hungary. Sancho III of Navarre becomes King Aragon, Navarre, and Castile. Leif Ericson lands in North America, call 1001Events Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Silvester II. Canonisation of Edward the Martyr, king of England. Robert II, King of France marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles. Khmer king Jayava 1002Events November 13 English king Ethelred gives order to kill all Danes in England. Brian Boru rises to power in Ireland, taking the title of High King. All-out war breaks out between Byzantine Emperor Basil II and Bulgarian tsar Samuil. Henry II succeeds 1003Events Sweyn I of Denmark begins his first invasion of England. Humbert I becomes the first count of Savoy. King Robert II of France invades Burgundy, but fails. Pope John XVII succeeds Pope Silvester II. Pope John XVIII succeeds Pope John XVII. Boleslaus 1004Events 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 bec 1005Events Malcolm II succeeds Kenneth III as king of Scotland. Pomerania revolts against the church. Schaffhausen starts minting its own coins. Births Macbeth I of Scotland (approximate date) Deaths March 25 king Kenneth III of Scotland (in battle) Onmyoji ( 1006Events Aelfheah (St. Alphege) becomes archbishop of Canterbury. The brightest supernova ever recorded is observed in the constellation of Lupus Holmgang declared illegal in Iceland Births Constantine X, emperor of Byzantium Deaths Gisela of Burgundy 1006. 1007 1008 1009 1010
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