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Events
- c. 985- 1014 CE: Norsemen, including Erik the Red and Leif Ericson, set up outposts in North America and encounter Inuit, Beothuks, and Micmacs.
- c. 1000 CE: Thule people arrive in Nunavut.
- c. 1000 CE: Leif (the Lucky) Ericsson reaches VinlandVinland (pronounced "Winland") was the name given to part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Ericson, about year 1000. Later archeological evidence of Norse settlement in North America was found in L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada., aka LabradorThis article is about the region in Canada. For other meanings of Labrador : For the federal electoral district, see Labrador (electoral district). For the dog breed, see Labrador Retriever. Labrador is a region on the easternmost coast of Canada. It form and L'Anse aux Meadows (northern tip of NewfoundlandThis is about the island in Canada. For the Canadian province of Newfoundland see Newfoundland and Labrador. For other meanings of Newfoundland see Newfoundland (disambiguation). Newfoundland is a large island off the north-east coast of North America, an). Nordic people later establish short-lived settlements in Labrador and Newfoundland.
- c. 1007 CE: Gudrid (born in IcelandThe Republic of Iceland is an island nation in the northern Atlantic Ocean, located between Greenland and Scotland, northwest of the Faroe Islands. Lydveldid Island ( In Detail) (Full size) National motto: none Official languageNone. Icelandic de facto''. around 950Events Births Emperor Reizei of Japan Erik the Red Deaths Howell the Good Al-Farabi 950.) gives birth to a son, Snorri, the first European child born in North America.
- c. 1014 CE: The first European colony in North America is established, probably in Newfoundland.
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