1000 Leif Ericson is believed to have discovered Vinland
 (N.A. continent)
1002 Ethelred ordered the massacre of Danes living in
England
1003 Birth of Edward (the Confessor)
Sweyn Forkbeard invaded England
1007 Danes bought off from England by Ethelred
1009 Danish invasion of England
1013 Sweyn Forkbeard invaded England (again)
Ethelred fled to Norway
Canute II led the Norsemen in Danish conquest of
England
1015 first mention of city of Leipzig
1025 Guido d'Arezzo credited with having perfected
staff system of musical notation
1030 Vienna first mentioned in documents
1044 Copenhagen first mentioned
1050 Egypt collapses under dictatorship
construction of Westminister Abbey began
Normans penetrated into England
construction began on Jain temples at Mt. Abu, India
earliest mention of Nuremburg and Delhi
Oslo founded
Timbuktu founded
1052 Pisa took Sardinia from Arabs
Westminister Abbey construction began in England
Hoodo Pavillion construction began in Japan
1054 expanded commercial relations between Italy
and Egypt
supernova (the Crab Nebula) reported by Chinese
1060 Folktale of Lady Godiva appears at this time
1062 Marrakesh founded
1066 William of Normandy landed at Pevensky
King Harold of England killed at the Battle of
Hastings
William the Conqueror crowned King of England
Halley's comet appeared
1068 She-tung became Emperor of China
1073 Pueblo ruins at Mesa Verde, southwestern
Colorado, US
1074 Excomminication of all married priests
1078 Construction of the Tower of London began
1080 Toledan table of positions of stars created
Bayeux Tapestry depicted Norman conquest
of England
1083 Henry IV stormed Rome
1086 over 5000 waterwheels used in England
1094 first record of gondolas in Venice
1096 1st crusade began
1098 the release of Nicholas Prevost's, the
"Antidotarium", 2650 prescriptions
1099 crusaders take Jerusalem
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Westminster Abbey
Lady Godiva
Pueblo Ruins
gondolas
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