1001

1001 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1001; MI
Ab urbe condita	1754
Armenian calendar	450; ԹՎ ՆԾ
Assyrian calendar	5751
Balinese saka calendar	922–923
Bengali calendar	408
Berber calendar	1951
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1545
Burmese calendar	363
Byzantine calendar	6509–6510
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat); 3698 or 3491; — to —; 辛丑年 (Metal Ox); 3699 or 3492
Coptic calendar	717–718
Discordian calendar	2167
Ethiopian calendar	993–994
Hebrew calendar	4761–4762
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1057–1058
- Shaka Samvat	922–923
- Kali Yuga	4101–4102
Holocene calendar	11001
Igbo calendar	1–2
Iranian calendar	379–380
Islamic calendar	391–392
Japanese calendar	Chōhō 3; (長保３年)
Javanese calendar	902–904
Julian calendar	1001; MI
Korean calendar	3334
Minguo calendar	911 before ROC; 民前911年
Nanakshahi calendar	−467
Seleucid era	1312/1313 AG
Thai solar calendar	1543–1544
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年; (male Iron-Rat); 1127 or 746 or −26; — to —; 阴金牛年; (female Iron-Ox); 1128 or 747 or −25

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century; 11th century ; 12th century;
Decades:	980s; 990s; 1000s ; 1010s; 1020s;
Years:	998; 999; 1000; 1001 ; 1002; 1003; 1004;

1001 (MI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century, and the 2nd year of the 1000s 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.

Events

Khazrun ben Falful, from the Maghrawa family Banu Khazrun, begins ruling Tripoli, on the African continent.

March 17 – The Buddhist ruler of Butuan, in the Philippines (P’u-tuan in the Sung Dynasty records), Sari Bata Shaja, makes the first tributary mission to China.
The Tao/Tayk region is annexed by the Byzantines, as the Theme of Iberia.
Mahmud of Ghazni, Muslim leader of Ghazni, begins a series of raids into northern India, establishing the Ghaznavid Empire across most of today's Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Pakistan.
- November 27 – Battle of Peshawar: Jayapala suffers defeat from the Ghaznavid Empire.
Former emperor Đinh Phế Đế dies, while suppressing the Cửu Long Rebellion in Thanh Hóa province.
Khmer King Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I, and/or Suryavarman I.
Construction begins on the Liaodi Pagoda, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history (completed in 1055).
Japan
- January 13 – Empress consort Fujiwara no Teishi dies in childbirth.
- November – The imperial palace is destroyed by fire.
- 70th birthday and longevity ceremony of Fujiwara no Bokushi (mother-in-law of Fujiwara no Michinaga, grandmother of Empress Shōshi).
- 40th birthday of Empress dowager Senshi (mother of Emperor Ichijō).

February 6 – After leading the revolt against Emperor Otto III and expelling the Crescentii, Gregory I, Count of Tusculum is named "Head of the Republic".
July 31 – Emperor Otto III confirms the possessions of Ulric Manfred II of Turin, and grants him privileges.
July – Sergius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
Byzantine Emperor Basil II attempts to reconquer Bulgaria.
Robert II, King of France, marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened at Aachen Cathedral.
The First Battle of Alton: Danish invaders defeat the English.
Battle of Pinhoe: Vikings defeat the Anglo-Saxons in Devon.
Bolesław I the Brave begins ruling parts of Slovakia.
Bryachislav of Polotsk begins ruling Polotsk.
Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg begins ruling the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg.
Ermengol I, Count of Urgell makes his second voyage to Rome.
Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.
Ælfgar, bishop of Elmham, is consecrated.
Æthelred becomes bishop of Cornwall, but dies shortly afterwards.
The town of Lloret de Mar is founded in Catalonia.
The first reference is made to Khotyn, Ukrainian town,^[1] and to Nyalka, Hungarian village, as to Chimudi.
Brian Boru attacks the Uí Néill in Ireland.

Vikings, led by Leif Erikson, establish small settlements in and around Vinland in North America (approximate date).

King Edward the Martyr of England is canonized.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest is established.
Oqropiri (Ioane I), Svimeon III and Melkisedek I are Catholicoi of Iberia within one year.
A tomb of Saint Ivo (possibly) is uncovered in Huntingdonshire, England.

^ "Khotyn". Antychnyi Kyiv (in Russian). Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved May 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.

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