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959
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Beorhthelm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
x - England Aefsige becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
aug 21 - Erachus becomes bishop of Luik.
oct 01 - England Edgar becomes King of England. r.u.975
nov 09 - Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine Emperor r.913-959, dies.
 960
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Dunstan becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
x - Northern Song [s~ung] (Sung) Dynasty u.1126
x - Tai Zu (fam. Zhao Kuangyin); Imperial commander; 1st emperor of Song r.u.976
x - Song dynasty reunifies China

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961
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First year of Ôwa.
may 26 - German King Otto II crowned.
 962
x - Alptigin, Turkish warrior slave, seizes Afghan fortress of Ghazni and founds Ghaznavid dynasty
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St. Paul's burns down.
jan 01 - Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies.
feb 02 - Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor, Emperor of the West, beginning the Holy Roman Empire.
 963
mar 15 - Romanus II, Byzantine emperor r.959-963, dies at 25.
dec 06 - Leo VIII elected Pope.
 964
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First year of Kôhô.
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Benedictines at Winchester.
may 14 - John XII, [Octavianus], Pope r.955-964, dies. re.List of Popes

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965
mar 01 - Leo VIII, Italian antipope

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r.963-965, dies.
mar 27 - Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders r.918-965, dies.
sep 23 - Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered.
oct 01 - John XIII Crescentii elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII.
oct 11 - Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40.
 966
jul 04 - Benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian antipope

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r.may 22 964-jun 23 964, dies.
aug 06 - Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy r.950-963.

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 967
nov 20 - Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies.
dec 07 - Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, is born.
dec 25 - John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor.
 968
x - Japan

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First year of Anna.
 969
jan 29 - Peter, tsar of Bulgaria r.927-969, dies.
oct 28 - Byzantines troops occupy Antioch Syria.
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dec 10 - Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor r.963-969, murdered.
dec 25 - Johannes I Tzimisces, crowned emperor of Byzantium.

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970
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First year of Tenroku.
x - Paper money introduced by Chinese government
x - Annales Cambriae compiled.
 971
c - Russia

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Prince Sviatoslav makes peace with Byzantine Empire.
 972
x - England

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Consecration of Peterborough Abbey.
x - England Pershore Abbey charter confirmed.
apr 14 - Notger becomes bishop of Liege.
sep 06 - John XIII Crescentii, pope r.965-972, dies. re.List of Popes

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973
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First year of Ten'en.
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Edgar: Water-pageant.
jan 14 - Ekkehard I, monk of St Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies.
jan 19 - Pope Benedictus VI elected. re.List of Popes

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may 06 - Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24), is born.
may 07 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor r.962-973, dies at 60.
may 11 - England Coronation of King Edgar.
 974
apr 25 - Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84.
 975
jun 00 - England

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Edward becomes king.
jul 08 - Edgar, King of England r.959-975, dies.
jul 25 - Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg, German chronicler, is born.
dec 27 - Balderik, bishop of Utrecht r.918-975, dies.
 976

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976
x - Japan

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First year of Jôgen.
jan 10 - John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium r.969-976, dies at 51.
jul 21 - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria.
oct 01 - Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of C¢rdoba, dies.
oct 02 - Hisham II appointed kalief of C¢rdoba.
nov 14 - T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies.
 978
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First year of Tengen.
mar 18 - England

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Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons r.975-978 /st, murdered at 15.
 979
mar 00 - England

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Ethelred becomes king. r.u.1016
apr 14 - Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England.
jun 08 - Louis V de Luie, crowned King of France.
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dec 25 - Rotardus appointed as bishop of the kingdom.

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980
x - The Scandinavians return to Britain.
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First Viking attacks.
 983
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Monastery at Worcester.
x - China

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1,000 chapter encyclopaedia, Taiping Yulan, produced.
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First year of Eikan.
jul 10 - Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies. re.List of Popes

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dec 07 - Otto II the Red, German king/emperor r.973-983, dies at about 28.
 984
aug 20 - John XIV, Petrus Canepanova, Italian Pope r.983-984, dies. re.List of Popes

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 985
x - Japan

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First year of Kanna.
x - Chola king Rajaraja I (985-1014) conquers Kerala in south India, and Sri Lanka in 1001

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 986
mar 02 - Lotharius, King of France r.954-986, dies at 44.
 987
x - Japan

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First year of Eien.
may 22 - Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France r.966-987, poisoned at 20.
jun 19 - France

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Louis IV, crowned king of France at Noyon.wrong date
jul 03 - France Hugo Capet

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crowned king of France at Noyon.
dec 30 - French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king.

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988
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Prince Vladimir I St. Vladimir is baptized and converts Kievan Rus' to Christianity.
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Athelgar: Becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
mar 30 - Arnulf II, count of Flanders r.965-988, dies.
mar 30 - Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders.
may 06 - Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland.
may 19 - Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies.
 989
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First year of Eiso.
apr 13 - Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas.
 990
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Sigeric Serio becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
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First year of Shôryaku.
jan 01 - Russia adopts Julian calendar.
apr 23 - Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies.

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991
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Olaf Trygvasson.
jun 15 - Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies.
 992
x - St. Oswald, Archbishop of York dies.
nov 25 - Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies.
 993
sep 18 - Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle.
 994
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Svein Fork-Beard.
nov 07 - Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian/jurist/author of Islamic Spain, is born.
win 00 - England Trygvasson converted to Christianty.
 995
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Aelfric becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
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First year of Chôtoku.
may 10 - Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht.

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996
x - Pope Gregory V

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Fujiwara Michinaga b.966 d.1027 becomes regent; under his leadership, the Fujiwara reach their height.
may 21 - Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor of Elzas.
aug 00 - France

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Capet dies and Robert II becomes King.
oct 24 - Hugo Capet

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, king of France r.987-996, dies at 58.
nov 01 - 1st use of name "Austria" for Ostarrichi/in oorkonde.
 997
apr 23 - Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40.

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999
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First year of Chôhô.
feb 18 - Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies. re.List of Popes

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apr 02 - Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope. re.List of Popes
dec 16 - Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68.
dec 25 - Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne.

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1000 To 1009
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1000
This Milenium - Military Technology Longbow developes.
c - Bantu people called the Shona build the Great Zimbabwe, which means "Houses of Stone." This grand city became Zimbabwe's capital and trade center. u.c.1300
c - The Romany

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Gypsy people leave India

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c - Tenkaminen reigned as Caliph of Ghana. He exported gold, ivory and salt and kept his wealth in gold. He put glass windows into his palace in Kumbi and kept a menagerie of elephants and giraffes.u.c1100
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Large, sea-going junks
c - In what is now Arizona Sunset Crater was created by the eruption of a volcano. u.c.1100
c - Large portions of the island fauna of Madagascar, that once included a lemur the size of bear and the ostrich-like Elephant Bird, was eliminated by the Malagash people of Madagascar.
c - status A feudal lord's grave from a cemetery near Kretinga in western Lithuania revealed cremated bones in a tree-trunk, man-sized coffin, nine fibulae, a leather belt with bronze and amber beads, 3 spears and an iron battle-axe, an iron instrument for striking fire, a sickle, an iron key and bronze scales, a saddle and iron bridle bits along with miniature tools and weapons.
c - Yemen in the Hadramawt region a dam burst about this time near the village of Senna and the people of the valley fled. In 1997 researchers using DNA studies found that the Lemba, a Bantu speaking people of southern Africa carry markers distinctive of the cohanim, Jewish priests believed to be descended from Aaron. Lemba oral tradition held that they came to Africa from Senna. Dr. Tudor Parfitt authored "Journey to the Vanished City," a description of his work on the Lemba.
c - status Scientists suspect that the sun was particularly bright for a period of time that is called the Medieval Optimum with global temperatures about 1 to 2 degrees higher than today.

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c - North America The Mississippian transformation was marked by the rise of agriculture and the appearance of belligerent chiefdoms. The Calusa Indians of southern Florida avoided the Mississippian transformation and maintained their ancient lifeways based on fishing and collecting.
c - Siberia The Yakut nation, a Turkish-speaking people, wandered north about this time to avoid the Mongols.
c - North Americastatus The Cahokia settlement in Southern Illinois numbered about 30,000.
c - status The whole of East and Central Africa was occupied by the Bantu people. Older inhabitants such as the Hottentots and Bushmen were either absorbed or pushed into less desirable places such as the Kalahari.
c - Early postclassic period of the Maya. u.c.1250
c - Polonnaruwa served as the capital of Sri Lanka. It was a fortified citadel surrounded by Hindu and Buddhist religious complexes. u.c.1300
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A Buddhist shrine was constructed in Uji. In 1968 the Byodo-In Temple at the foot of the Koolaus Mountains on Oahu, Hawaii, was built as a replica of the 900-year-old shrine. u.c.1100
c - ChinaTechnology Floating compass
c - Mayas in Yucatan, Mexico, make writing paper from tree bark.
c - In Mali the desert village of Araouane, 161 miles north of Timbuktu, was first mentioned about this time. It was a wealthy settlement that flourished off the caravans and drew water from 150-foot wells.u.c.1100