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As a means of recording the passage of Time , the 10th century was that Century which lasted from 901 to 1000 .
Overview
Events
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- The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period
- Viking groups settle in northern France - Norse become Normans
- Foundation of Cluny , first federated Monastic order
- Incursions of Magyar (Hungarian) cavalry throughout Western Europe (47 expeditions in Germany , Italy and France , 899 - 970 )
- Mieszko I , first duke of Poland , baptised a Christian in 966
- Khazar Kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus ( 965 )
- Collapse of the central lowland Maya Civilization . End of Classic Maya period, begin Post-Classic Maya.
- Rise of the Toltec s in Mexico .
- Collapse of Great Moravia
- Buddhist temple construction commences at Bagan , Myanmar
- Laguna Copperplate Inscription , Kavi script, inscribed in Luzon , Philippines , dated ''Saka year 822'' (AD 900 ).
- The Medieval Croatian State becomes a unified kingdom under Tomislav
- Twentieth century Belgian Astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all nine Planets were within the same 90% arc of the Solar System on 1 February , 949 . The next time it is thought this will occur is on 6 May , 2492 .
- Coastal Cities on the Malay Peninsula are the seed for the first recorded Malay Kingdoms .
- The Fatimid dynasty arises in eastern Algeria .
- Swedish influence extends to the Black Sea .
- The Christian Nubia n kingdom reaches its peak of prosperity and military power. ( Early History Of Sudan )
- The Mississippian Culture begins in present day Southern USA.
- The Byzantine Empire reaches the height of its military and economic strength
- Baile Átha Cliath ( Dublin ) was founded ( 988 ).
Significant people
- Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl , semi-legendaric Toltec ruler, (exact years of his life are unknown).
- Abd-ar-rahman III of Cordoba
- Nicephorus II , Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (lived 912 - 969 , reigned 963 - 969 ).
- Otto I The Great , Holy Roman Emperor (lived 912 - 973 , reigned 936 - 973 ).
- King Edmund I Of England (lived 921 - 946 , reigned 939 - 946 ).
- John I Tzimisces , Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (lived 925 - 976 , reigned 969 - 976 ).
- Hugh Capet (lived 938 - 996 ), first Capetian King of France
- Géza Of Hungary , ruler of the Magyars (lived 940 - 997 , reigned 970 - 997 ).
- Otto II , Holy Roman Emperor (lived 955 - 983 , reigned 973 - 983 ).
- Theophanu , wife of Otto II , mother and Regent of Otto III , (lived 956 - 991 , reigned 983 - 991 ).
- Tsar Samuil Of Bulgaria (lived 958 - 1014 , reigned 976 - 1014 ).
- Vladimir I , Prince of Kievan Rus (lived 958 - 1015 ).
- Basil II , Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire , (lived 958 - 1025 , reigned 976 - 1025 ).
- Otto III , Holy Roman Emperor (lived 980 - 1002 , reigned 983 - 1002 ).
- Ferdowsi Persian poet
- Erik The Red Viking Explorer, founded Greenland
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Decades and years
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