By place Europe • King
Bermudo II abdicates in favor of his 5-year-old son
Alfonso V as ruler of
León. Moorish invaders have forced Bermudo to recognize the suzerainty of their leader,
Umayyad vizier and the
de facto ruler
Al-Mansur. •
September 9 (999 or
1000) –
Battle of Svolder: A Norwegian fleet, commanded by
Olaf Tryggvason in his longship
Ormrinn langi, is defeated by the combined fleet of the Danish king
Sweyn Forkbeard and his Swedish counterpart
Olof Skötkonung, resulting in Tryggvason's death, and the splitting up of Norway between Sweden and Denmark.
Ireland •
December 30 –
Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of
Munster and
Meath under
Brian Boru (
High King of Ireland) inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of
Leinster and
Dublin near
Lyons Hill (
County Kildare).
Africa •
Egyptian military commander Abu'l-Ala Fahd ibn Ibrahim appointed
Vizier of
Egypt.
Asia Central Asia • The
Karakhanids invade from north of the
Syr Darya river, ending the
Samanid Empire (modern
Uzbekistan). The Samanid domains are split between the
Ghaznavid Dynasty and the Karakhanids.
Japan •
February 9 – The Mogi Ceremony of Fujiwara no Shoshi is held (she later becomes empress). •
December – Empress Teishi gives birth to Prince Atsuyasu (who becomes the imperial heir), but on the next day, her rival, Fujiwara no Shoshi, is promoted to Consort.
Vietnam • Emperor
Lê Đại Hành personally led a campaign to conquer a total of 49 tribes in Hà Động. The Nhật Tắc tribe and others in Định Biên province were defeated, while the remaining tribes capitulated to the emperor.
By topic Religion •
February 18 –
Pope Gregory V dies after a 3-year
pontificate in which the
Crescentii family forced him to flee
Rome. He is succeeded by
Sylvester II as the 139th
pope of the
Catholic Church. • Bishop
Aldhun consecrates a cathedral (later
Durham Cathedral) at a site in England where the remains of
St. Cuthbert had been moved to in AD 995 from
Lindisfarne because of the danger of
Viking raids. •
Sigmundur Brestisson, a Viking chieftain, introduces
Christianity in the
Faroe Islands. == Births ==