11th century

- 12th_century - other Centuries) ---- Events

1000 (cca), Vikings, led by Leif_Ericson, 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 one of the first novels in Japanese Decades and Years 990s 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000s 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010s 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020s 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030s 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040s 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050s 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060s 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070s 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080s 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090s 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100s 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109

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