As a means of recording the passage of time, the was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000 .
The tenth century is usually regarded as a low point in European history. In China it was also a period of political upheaval. In the Muslim World , however, it was a cultural zenith, especially in Spain. Also it was the zenith for the Byzantine and Bulgarian Empires.
Medievalist and historian of technology described it as the .
goddess was created in Kaveripakkam in Tamil Nadu , India , during the 10th century.]]
- The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period
- Viking groups settle in northern France — Norse become Normans
- Foundation of Cluny , first federated Monastic order
- In 917 the Bulgarians destroyed the Byzantine army in the Battle Of Anchialus , one of the bloodiest battles in the Middle Ages
- 927 , official recognition of the first independent national Church in Europe, the Bulgarian Patriarchate
- 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 )
- Vladimir I , Prince of Kievan Rus , baptised a Christian in 988
- Collapse of the central lowland Maya Civilization . End of Classic Maya period, begin Post-Classic May.
- Rise of the Toltec s in Mexico
- Golden age of the Ancestral Puebloans ( Pueblo II )
- Collapse of Great Moravia
- Buddhist temple construction commences at Bagan , Myanmar
- In 932 , the first use of Gunpowder in battle occurred with the Chinese Battle of Lang-shan Jiang (Wolf Mountain River), where the naval fleet of the Wen-Mu King was defeated by Qian Yuan-guan because he had used 'fire oil' (huo yóu, 火油) of gunpowder- Fuse ignited Flamethrower s to burn his fleet.
- Laguna Copperplate Inscription , Kavi script, inscribed in Luzon , Philippines , dated ''Saka year 822'' (AD 900 )
- In 910 Parantaka I of the Chola Dynasty drove out the Pandayas from southern India into Sri Lanka , which he also eventually conquered.
- The Medieval Croatian State becomes a unified kingdom under Tomislav
- Twentieth century Belgian Astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the positions of the eight Planets and Pluto 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 , 1492 .
- Coastal cities on the Malay Peninsula are the seed for the first recorded Malay Kingdoms
- The Fatimid dynasty arises in eastern Algeria
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- Tomislav , king of Croatia ,united the Medieval Croatian State into the Kingdom Of Croatia , crowned in 925
- Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl , semi-legendaric Toltec ruler, (exact years of his life are unknown)
- Abd-ar-rahman III of Cordoba
- Adikavi Pampa an early Kannada Language poet (born in 902 )
- Simeon The Great , Emperor of Bulgaria (reigned 893 – 927 )
- 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 )
- Ranna , an early Kannada Language poet from India , (born in 949 )
- Hugh Capet (lived 938 – 996 ), first Capetian King of France
- Huyan Zan , Chinese general (died in 1000 )
- 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 )
- Tailapa II , re-established the Western Chalukya Empire of India (reigned 973 - 997 )
- Tsar Samuil Of Bulgaria (lived 958 – 1014 , reigned 976 – 1014 )
- Zhang Sixun , Chinese Astronomer and Mechanical Engineer
- 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
- Li Fang , Chinese scholar and encyclopedist ( 925 - 996 )
- Erik The Red Viking Explorer, founded Greenland
- Ubayd Allah Al-Mahdi Billah , founder of the Fatamid dynasty of Egypt in 909
- Emperor Taizu Of Song , founder of the Chinese Song Dynasty (lived March 21 , 927 – November 14 , 976 , reigned 960 - 976 )
- Parantaka I , ruler of the Chola Dynasty of India (reigned 907 - 950 )
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