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AD 1008: Murasaki Shikibu began writing her diary, known as The Diary of Lady Murasaki (紫式部日記), in which she described the court life in...

AD 1004: The Chanyuan Treaty was signed by the Song Dynasty and the Khitan Empire, ending the prolonged war in between them. According...

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AD 1002: The St. Brice's Day Massacre - King of Wessex, Æthelred II, sanctioned the mass killing of all Danes across England. The exact...

AD 1000: The first millennium ended! We have reached a great milestone, the four digits, fellow TNP history nerds! ... what that...

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AD 994: The first Goryeo-Khitan war ended with Goryeo (a.k.a. Korea) defeat. As a result Goryeo became nominally a nation subordinate to...

AD 992: In China, Emperor Taizong of Song ordered Wang Zhu to gather all calligraphy works in his court and copy them into a massive...

AD 987: Lin Mo died on the sea when helping rescure people from a shipwreck. In memory of her noble deed, she was sanctified as Mazu...

AD 982: In the Battle of Stilo, Kalbid muslims in Sicily defeated the army of the Holy Roman Empire, although the former's leader, Abu...

AD 979: Song Dynasty conquered the State of Northern Han. This marks the reunification of China (except territories occupied by the...

AD 974: Song Dynasty waged war against the State of Southern Tang, intending to completely conquer the latter. Under the command of Cao...

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AD 972: The Al-Azhar University opened in Cairo, Egypt. It is considered the foremost institute of Sunni scholarship.

AD 954: In China, Chai Rong became the Emperor of Later Tang on 26th Feburary. Merely two weeks later, on 11th March, he set out to the...