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( 9th century - 10th century - 11th century - other centuries)As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000.
1 Events
- The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period
- Viking groups settle in northern France - Norse become Normans
- Foundation of Cluny, first federated monastic order
- Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus ( 965Events March 1 Pope Benedict V is put in place of Pope Leo VIII by the people October 1 John XIII becomes Pope Births Sweyn I of Denmark Deaths February 22 Odo of Paris, Duke of Burgundy July 4 Pope Benedict V 965.)
- Collapse of the central lowland Maya civilizationThis article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. See Maya people for a discussion of the modern Maya. The Maya are a people of southern Mexico and northern Central America with some 3,000 years of rich history. The Maya were part of the Mesoamer. End of Classic Maya period, begin Post-Classic Maya.
- Rise of the ToltecThe Toltecs (or Toltec or Tolteca were a Pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th century AD. Their language, Nahuatl, was also spoken by the Aztecs. They originated as a militaristic nomadic peops in MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co.
- Collapse of Great MoraviaGreat Moravia ( Latin Moravia Magna) was a Slav state existing on the territory of present-day Moravia and Slovakia between 833 and the early 10th century. The first use of the designation "Great Moravia" stems from Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos in his
- Buddhist temple construction commences at PaganPagan (also known as Bagan was an important ancient kingdom in Myanmar. Its first king Anawrahta reigned from 1044- 1077. Buddha, 12th century. Anawrahta is said to have been converted to Theravada Buddhism by a Mon monk, after which he made a pilgrimage, MyanmarThe Union of Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia, formerly known as Burma . The name of the country was changed in 1989, and this change of name has been officially recognized by the United Nations. Some national governments, such as the United States
- Laguna Copperplate Inscription, Kavi script, inscribed in Luzon, Philippines, dated Saka year 822 (AD 900).
- The medieval Croatian state becomes a unified kingdom under Tomislav
- Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all nine planets were within the same 90% arc of the solar system on 1 February, 949. The next time it is thought this will occur is on 6 May, 2492 .
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