11th century

(10th century - 11th century - 12th century - other centuries)

• 1000 (cca), Vikings, led by Leif Erikson, establish small settlements at and around Vinland in North America
• 1054, the Great Schism, in which the Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Orthodox churches separated from each other. After a number of earlier such schisms, the breach was later repaired, but this one continues nearly 1000 years later.
• 1066, Norman conquest of England
• 1094, El Cid, the great Spanish hero, conquers the Moorish city of Valencia
• 1099, First Crusade captures Jerusalem
• King Anawrahta of Myanmar made a pilgrimage to Ceylon, returning to convert his country to Theravada Buddhism.

Significant people

• William the Conqueror
• Macbeth
• Alp Arslan
• Pope Saint Gregory VII (Hildebrand)

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• Invention of military rockets by the Chinese
• The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu is usually counted as the first novel

Decades and Years