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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 number of deaths is unknown, however we have found various relevant burial sites in Dorset, Oxford, etc.

AD 1000: The first millennium ended! We have reached a great milestone, the four digits, fellow TNP history nerds! ... what that doesn't count as a significant event? AD: 1000: On this year's Christmas, István I was crowned by Pope Sylvester II and established the Kingdom of Hungary. The...

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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 the Khitan Empire.

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, 10-volume collection. This collection was known as Calligraphic Inscriptions in the Secret Chamber of the Chunhua Period (淳化閣帖), and was the first systematic...

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, Goddess of the Sea. The first Mazu temple was also constructed in this year in Meizhou (in Fujian Province). Today Mazu is widely worshipped by Taoists, Chinese...

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 al-Qasim, was slain on the battlefield.

AD 979: Song Dynasty conquered the State of Northern Han. This marks the reunification of China (except territories occupied by the Khitan Empire) and the end of Five Dynasties period.

AD 974: Song Dynasty waged war against the State of Southern Tang, intending to completely conquer the latter. Under the command of Cao Bin, the Song army built a two-kilometer long floating bridge at Caishiji (now in Anhui Province), allowing them to cross the Yangtze River with full armor and...

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 frontline of the Battle of Gaoping in person, despite all of his advisors' objection. He acted as both a commander and a soldier, and in the end defeated the...

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AD 946: The Changbai Volcano erupted and released almost 1000 cubic kilometers of materials to the atmosphere (at Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7~8), killing all creatures within 50 kilometers and indirectly causing the downfall of the Khitan Empire. The eruption also created the Tianchi Lake...