1001

This article is about the year 1001. For the number (and other uses), see 1001 (number).

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	970s 980s 990s – 1000s – 1010s 1020s 1030s
Years:	998 999 1000 – 1001 – 1002 1003 1004

1001 by topic
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Establishments – Disestablishments

Year 1001 (MI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is the first year of the 11th century and the 2nd millennium.

Events

February 6 – After leading the revolt against Emperor Otto III and expelling the Crescentii, Gregory I, Count of Tusculum is named "Head of the Republic"
July 31 – Emperor Otto III confirms possessions of Ulric Manfred II of Turin and grants him privileges.
July – Sergius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople
Byzantine Emperor Basil II attempts to reconquer Bulgaria.
Robert II, King of France marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened (see Aachen Cathedral).
The First Battle of Alton: Danish invaders defeat the English.
Battle of Pinhoe: Vikings defeat Anglo-Saxons in Devon.
Boleslaw I of Poland begins ruling parts of Slovakia
Vseslav Izyaslavich of Polotsk begins ruling Polotsk.
Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg begins ruling Archbishopric of Strasbourg.
Second voyage of Ermengol I of Urgell to Rome.
Þorgeirr Ljósvetningagoði ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.
Ælfgar, bishop of Elmham, is consecrated.
Æthelric, bishop of Shepborne, is consecrated (other date is 1002).
Æthelred is a bishop of Cornwall and dies shortly after that.
Founding of Lloret de Mar, Catalonian town.
First reference to Khotyn, Ukrainian town ^[1] and to Nyalka, Hungarian village, as to Chimudi.

Baitoushan volcano on what would be the Chinese-Korean border, erupts with a force of 6.5, the fourth largest Holocene blast (approximate date).
Tao/Tayk region is annexed by the Byzantines as the theme of Iberia
Mahmud of Ghazni, Muslim leader of Ghazni, begins a series of raids into Northern India. He will finish his conquest in 1027 with the destruction of Somnath.
Jayapala suffers defeat from Ghaznavid Empire near Peshawar.
Rebellion Cửu Long in Thanh Hoa province
Khmer King Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I and/or Suryavarman I.
Construction begins on the Liaodi Pagoda, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history (completed in 1055).
The Buddhist ruler of Butuan in the Philippines (P’u-tuan in the Sung Dynasty records), Sari Bata Shaja, makes the first tributary mission to China.
Oqropiri (Ioane I), Svimeon III and Melkisedek I are Catholicoi of Iberia within one year.

Vikings, led by Leif Eriksson, establish small settlements in and around Vinland in North America (approximate date).