1002
year
1002 (MII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 2nd year of the 11th century, and the 3rd year of the 1000s decade. As of the start of 1002, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 970s 980s 990s – 1000s – 1010s 1020s 1030s |
| Years: | 999 1000 1001 – 1002 – 1003 1004 1005 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1002 MII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1755 |
| Armenian calendar | 451 ԹՎ ՆԾԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5752 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 923–924 |
| Bengali calendar | 409 |
| Berber calendar | 1952 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1546 |
| Burmese calendar | 364 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6510–6511 |
| Chinese calendar | 3698 or 3638 — to — 3699 or 3639 |
| Coptic calendar | 718–719 |
| Discordian calendar | 2168 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 994–995 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4762–4763 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1058–1059 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 923–924 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4102–4103 |
| Holocene calendar | 11002 |
| Igbo calendar | 2–3 |
| Iranian calendar | 380–381 |
| Islamic calendar | 392–393 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōhō 4 ( |
| Javanese calendar | 904–905 |
| Julian calendar | 1002 MII |
| Korean calendar | 3335 |
| Minguo calendar | 910 before ROC |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −466 |
| Seleucid era | 1313/1314 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1544–1545 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金 (female Iron-Ox) 1128 or 747 or −25 — to — 阳水 (male Water-Tiger) 1129 or 748 or −24 |
Events
change- January 23 – Emperor Otto III dies, at the age of 22, of smallpox at Castle of Paterno (near Rome) after a 19-year reign. He leaves no son, nor a surviving brother who can succeed by hereditary right to the throne.[1] Otto is buried in Aachen Cathedral alongside the body of Charlemagne (Charles the Great).
Births
change- June 21 – Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
- Adolf II of Lotharingia (d. 1041)
- Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Sunni Muslim scholar and historian (d. 1071)
- George I of Georgia (possible date; d. 1027)
- Mei Yaochen, Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty (d. 1060)
Deaths
change- January 23 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
- April 30 – Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen, assassinated
- August 8 – Al-Mansur, chief minister of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba, Spain
- October 15 – Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
- Ealdwulf, Abbot of Peterborough, Bishop of Worchester and Archbishop of York
- Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
- Gunhilde, wife of Pallig, killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre
- John the Iberian, Georgian saint (possible date)
- Pallig, Danish chieftain, Jarl of Devonshire, killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre
- Rogneda of Polotsk, wife of Vladimir I of Kiev before his conversion to Christianity
- Sancho Ramírez of Viguera (possible date)
- Tahir, son of Khalaf I
- Udayadityavarman I of Khmer Empire
References
change- ↑ Reuter, Timothy (1992). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 259. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.