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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Thai solar calendar | 1544–1545 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1128 or 747 or −25 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1129 or 748 or −24 |
Year 1002 (MII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- January 23 – Emperor Otto III dies, at the age of 22, of smallpox at Castle of Paterno (near Rome) after a 19-year reign. He leaves no son, nor a surviving brother who can succeed by hereditary right to the throne.[1] Otto is buried in Aachen Cathedral alongside the body of Charlemagne.
- February 15 – At an assembly at Pavia of Lombard nobles and secondi milites (the minor nobles), Arduin of Ivrea (grandson of former King Berengar II) is restored to his domains and crowned as King of Italy in the Basilica of San Michele Maggiore. Arduin is supported by Arnulf II, archbishop of Milan.
- Otto I in 936.
- July – .
- August 8 – Al-Mansur dies after a 24-year reign and is succeeded by his son Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar as ruler (hajib) of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (modern Spain).
- October 15 – Henry I, duke of Burgundy, dies and is succeeded by his stepson, Otto-William. He inherits the duchy; this is disputed by King Robert II of France ("the Pious").
- Fall – A revolt organized by Bohemian nobles of the rivalling Vršovci clan, forces Duke Boleslaus III ("the Red") to flee to Germany. He is succeeded by Vladivoj (until 1003).
British Isles
- Richard I of Normandy.
- Winter – Æthelred pays tribute (or Vikingraids against England.
- Brian Boru, king of Leinster and Munster, becomes High King of Ireland. After the submission of Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, Brian Boru makes an expedition to the North.
Arabian Empire
- Winter – Khalaf ibn Ahmad, Saffarid emir of Sistan (modern Iran), is deposed and surrenders to the Ghaznavid Dynasty after a 39-year reign (approximate date).
Asia
- In Japan, court lady Sei Shōnagon completes writing The Pillow Book.
By topic
Religion
- June – Frederick, archbishop of Ravenna, is sent as an imperial legate to the Synod of Pöhlde, to mediate between the claims of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim and Willigis, concerning the control of Gandersheim Abbey.
Births
- May 10 – Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Muslim scholar (d. 1071)
- June 21 – Leo IX, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1054)
- Airlangga, ruler (rajah) of Kahuripan (Indonesia) (d. 1049)
- Adolf II of Lotharingia, German nobleman (d. 1041)
- Alice of Normandy, countess of Burgundy (d. 1038)
- Aristakes Lastivertsi, Armenian historian (d. 1080)
- George I, king of Georgia (approximate date)
- Mei Yaochen, poet of the Song Dynasty (d. 1060)
- Nikephoros III, Byzantine emperor (d. 1081)
Deaths
- January 8 – Wulfsige III, bishop of Sherborne
- January 23 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
- April 23 – Æscwig, bishop of Dorchester
- margrave of Meissen
- May 6 – Ealdwulf, archbishop of York
- August 8 – Al-Mansur, Umayyad vizier and de facto ruler (b. 938)
- October 15 – Henry I, duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
- November 13
- Gunhilde, Danish princess and noblewoman
- Pallig, Danish chieftain (jarl) of Devonshire
- Athanasius IV, Syrian patriarch of Antioch
- Esztergom
- Gisela, French princess (approximate date)
- Godfrey I (the Prisoner), Frankish nobleman
- John the Iberian, Georgian monk (approximate date)
- Kisai Marvazi, Persian author and poet (b. 953)
- Rogneda of Polotsk, Grand Princess of Kiev (b. 962)
- Sa'id al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo (Syria)
- Sancho Ramírez, king of Viguera (approximate date)
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.