Calendar year
1001 (MI ) was acommon year starting on Wednesday of theJulian calendar , the 1001st year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium and the11th century , and the 2nd year of the1000s decade. As of the start of 1001, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Calendar year
March 17 – The Buddhist ruler ofButuan , in thePhilippines (P’u-tuan in the Sung Dynasty records),Sari Bata Shaja , makes the first tributary mission to China.TheTao /Tayk region is annexed by theByzantines , as theTheme of Iberia . Mahmud of Ghazni , Muslim leader ofGhazni , begins a series ofraids into northern India , establishing theGhaznavid Empire across most of today's Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Pakistan.Former emperorĐinh Phế Đế dies, while suppressing theCửu Long Rebellion inThanh Hóa province . Khmer KingJayavarman V is succeeded byUdayadityavarman I , and/orSuryavarman I .Construction begins on theLiaodi Pagoda , the tallest pagoda in Chinese history (completed in1055 ). Japan February 6 – After leading the revolt againstEmperor Otto III and expelling theCrescentii ,Gregory I, Count of Tusculum is named "Head of the Republic".July 31 –Emperor Otto III confirms the possessions ofUlric Manfred II of Turin , and grants him privileges.July –Sergius II becomesPatriarch of Constantinople .Byzantine EmperorBasil II attempts to reconquerBulgaria .Robert II ,King of France , marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor hasCharlemagne 's vault opened atAachen Cathedral .TheFirst Battle of Alton :Danish invaders defeat the English. Battle of Pinhoe :Vikings defeat theAnglo-Saxons inDevon .Bolesław I the Brave begins ruling parts ofSlovakia .Bryachislav of Polotsk begins rulingPolotsk .Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg begins ruling thePrince-Bishopric of Strasbourg .Ermengol I, Count of Urgell makes his second voyage toRome .Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi ends being a lawspeaker inIceland 'sAlthing .Ælfgar ,bishop of Elmham , is consecrated.Æthelred becomesbishop of Cornwall , but dies shortly afterwards.The town ofLloret de Mar is founded inCatalonia . The first reference is made toKhotyn ,Ukrainian town,[ 1] Nyalka ,Hungarian village, as toChimudi . Brian Boru attacks theUí Néill in Ireland.January 13 –Fujiwara no Teishi , empress ofJapan (b.977 )January 22 –Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab , Uqaylid emir of Mosul[ 2] October 7 –Æthelstan , bishop ofElmham December 21 –Hugh , margrave ofTuscany Conrad , margrave ofIvrea David III of Tao ("the Great"), Georgian princeĐinh Phế Đế , Vietnamese emperor (b.974 )Ermengarda de Vallespir , Spanish countessIzyaslav , Kievan prince ofPolotsk Ja'far ibn al-Furat , Ikhshidid and Fatimid vizier (b.921 )Jayapala , Indian ruler of theHindu Shahis Jayavarman V , emperor of theKhmer Empire Wang Yucheng , Chinese official andpoet (b.954 )Ziri ibn Atiyya , emir ofMorocco ^ "Khotyn" .Antychnyi Kyiv (in Russian). Archived fromthe original on May 13, 2007. RetrievedMay 28, 2007 .^ Busse, Heribert (2004) [1969].Chalif und Grosskönig - Die Buyiden im Irak (945-1055) [Caliph and Great King - The Buyids in Iraq (945-1055) ] (in German). Würzburg: Ergon Verlag. pp. 74– 75.ISBN 3-89913-005-7 
