1000

Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century

Decades: 950s 960s 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s

Years: 995 996 997 998 999 - 1000 - 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005

• Leif Ericsson discovers Vinland
• Emperor Otto III makes pilgrimage from Rome to Aachen and Gniezno (Gnesen), stopping at Regensburg, Meissen, Magdeburg, and Gniezno. Meeting in Gniezno[?] (with Boleslaw I Chrobry) was part of pilgrimage.
• Stephen I becomes king of Hungary
• First settlements around Helmond

Births

• Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople

Deaths