For the number, see 1002 (number).

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10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

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• November 13 - English king Ethelred gives order to kill all Danes in England, leading to the St. Brice's Day Massacre.
• Brian Boru rises to power in Ireland, taking the title of High King.
• All-out war breaks out between Byzantine Emperor Basil II and Bulgarian tsar Samuil.
• Henry II succeeds Otto III as king of Germany.
• With a new group of colonists, an epidemic hits the Viking colony in Greenland.
• Danegeld is paid.

Births

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• June 21 - Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
• Mei Yaochen, poet of the Song dynasty (d. 1060)

Deaths

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• January 23 - Otto III, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 980)
• August 8 - Al-Mansur, chief minister of the Umayyad caliphate of Cordoba, Spain
• October 15 - Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)

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