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The first millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, 1, and ended on December 31, 1000, of the Julian calendar
Julian calendar

The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, and came into force in 45 BC . It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year, known at least since Hipparchus....
. This millennium is the beginning of the Anno Domini
Anno Domini

, abbreviated as 'AD' or 'A.D.', and 'Before Christ', abbreviated as 'BC' or 'B.C.', are designations used to number years in the Julian calendar and Gregorian calendars....
/Common Era
Common Era

Common Era, abbreviated as CE, is a designation for the calendar system most commonly used in the Western world, and also internationally, for numbering the year part of the calendar date....
 for this calendar as there is no "year zero
Year zero

Year zero is not used in the widely used Gregorian calendar, nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar. Under those systems, the year 1 BC is followed by AD 1....
."

The early first millennium marks the peak of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 and its subsequent decline. In analysis grouping history by period
History by period

eras, or classification of history, culture, and such into thematic groups involving time, so as to generate a history by period are intellectual constructs consisting of certain sets of common characteristics used by researchers, teachers, and academics when communicating about the past, its characteristics and attributes, and the like....
 this same era is a period of transition also known as Late Antiquity
Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's Crisis of the Third Century to the Islamic conquests and the re-organization of the Byzantine Empire under...
, culminating in the transformation of the Eastern Roman Empire into the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
, while the Western Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire

The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, today widely known as the Byzantine Empire....
 collapses, giving rise to the Early Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages is a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire spanning roughly five centuries from AD 500 to 1000....
.

As the millennium ages, Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 and Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 rise to power in the 4th and 7th centuries, respectively.






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The first millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, 1, and ended on December 31, 1000, of the Julian calendar
Julian calendar

The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, and came into force in 45 BC . It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year, known at least since Hipparchus....
. This millennium is the beginning of the Anno Domini
Anno Domini

, abbreviated as 'AD' or 'A.D.', and 'Before Christ', abbreviated as 'BC' or 'B.C.', are designations used to number years in the Julian calendar and Gregorian calendars....
/Common Era
Common Era

Common Era, abbreviated as CE, is a designation for the calendar system most commonly used in the Western world, and also internationally, for numbering the year part of the calendar date....
 for this calendar as there is no "year zero
Year zero

Year zero is not used in the widely used Gregorian calendar, nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar. Under those systems, the year 1 BC is followed by AD 1....
."

The early first millennium marks the peak of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 and its subsequent decline. In analysis grouping history by period
History by period

eras, or classification of history, culture, and such into thematic groups involving time, so as to generate a history by period are intellectual constructs consisting of certain sets of common characteristics used by researchers, teachers, and academics when communicating about the past, its characteristics and attributes, and the like....
 this same era is a period of transition also known as Late Antiquity
Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's Crisis of the Third Century to the Islamic conquests and the re-organization of the Byzantine Empire under...
, culminating in the transformation of the Eastern Roman Empire into the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
, while the Western Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire

The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, today widely known as the Byzantine Empire....
 collapses, giving rise to the Early Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages is a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire spanning roughly five centuries from AD 500 to 1000....
.

As the millennium ages, Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 and Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 rise to power in the 4th and 7th centuries, respectively. The late 1st millennium sees the Vikings incursions and settlements, founding of the Carolingian dynasties, and as the millennium closes, the gradual transition to what is known as the High Middle Ages
High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages was the periodization of history of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....
.

World population
World population

The world population is the total number of living humans on Earth at a given time. As of March 2009, the world's population is estimated to be about 6.76 1,000,000,000 ....
, which had tripled over the preceding millennium, grew more slowly during the thousand year era and could well have diminished. One optimistic estimate the world's population rose from approximately 170 to 300 million, but other estimates vary; one estimate suggests that the world population actually declined from 400 million people to 250 million people.

Events

  • Beginning (30s
    30s

    Events and Trends*circa 33 ? Jesus is Good Friday and, according to Christian doctrine, is Easter.*Establishment of a Christian church at Antioch, the forerunner of churches in the Syriac Christianity tradition....
    ) and rise (4th century
    4th century

    As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400....
    ) of Christianity
    Christianity

    Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
  • Volcanic destruction of Pompeii
    Pompeii

    Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Ancient Rome town-city near modern Naples in the Italy region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei....
    , Herculaneum
    Herculaneum

    Herculaneum is an ancient Roman Empire town, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. Its ruins can be found at the co-ordinates , in the Italy region of Campania....
    , and Stabiae
    Stabiae

    Stabiae was an ancient Ancient Rome town, located close to the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia approximately 4.5 km southeast of Pompeii....
     (AD 79)
  • In Albion — London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
     founded by Romans as Londinium
    Londinium

    This article covers the history of London during the Roman Britain from around 47 AD when the Roman city of Londinium was founded, to its abandonment during the 5th century....
  • Diaspora
    Diaspora

    The term diaspora refers to the movement of any population sharing common ethnicity identity who were either forced to leave or voluntarily left their Settler territory, and became residents in areas often far removed from the former....
     of the Jew
    Jew

    A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
    s (1st century)
  • Rise of the Sassanid Empire
    Sassanid Empire

    The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty is the name of the last pre-Islamic Iranian empire. It was one of the two main powers in Western Asia for a period of more than 400 years....
     (226
    226

    Events...
    )
  • The Olympic Games
    Ancient Olympic Games

    The Ancient Olympic Games, originally referred to as simply the Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held for representatives of various city-states of Ancient Greece....
     observed until 393
    393

    Events...
  • The Library of Alexandria
    Library of Alexandria

    The Royal Library of Alexandria or Ancient Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was once the largest Great libraries of the ancient world....
    , largest library in the world, burned
  • High point, and fall of the Western Roman Empire
    Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
     (5th century)
  • Rise of the Byzantine Empire
    Byzantine Empire

    Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
  • Rise of the Bulgarian Empire
    Bulgarian Empire

    Bulgarian Empire is a term used to describe two periods in the medieval history of Bulgaria, during which it acted as a key regional power in Europe in general and in Southeastern Europe in particular, often rivalling Byzantine Empire....
  • Rise of the Merovingian dynasty (5th century
    5th century

    The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini/Common Era....
    )
  • Germanic kingdoms established in Northern and Western Europe (Migration Period
    Migration Period

    The Migration Period, also called Barbarian Invasions or V?lkerwanderung , was a period of human migration which occurred within the period of roughly 300?700 Common Era in Europe, marking the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages....
    , Dark Ages
    Dark Ages

    Dark Age or Dark Ages is a term in historiography referring to a period of cultural decline or societal collapse that took place in Western Europe between the Decline of the Roman Empire and the eventual recovery of learning....
    )
  • Greek fire
    Greek fire

    Greek fire was a primitive incendiary device weapon used by the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines typically used it in naval battles to great effect as it could continue burning even on water....
     invented c. 670 in Constantinople
    Constantinople

    Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
  • Beginning of Islam
    Islam

    Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
     (7th century
    7th century

    The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era/Common Era....
    )
  • Maya civilization at its height
  • Three kingdoms
    Three Kingdoms

    The Three Kingdoms period is a period in the history of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty emperors....
     in China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  • The height of Hindu culture in India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
     under the Gupta Dynasty
  • The height of Tamil civilization under the Cholas. Indian colonization of South-East Asia.
  • Islamic conquest of the Middle East
    Middle East

    File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
     and North Africa
    North Africa

    North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa.Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Northern Africa includes the following seven countries or territories:...
  • Viking
    Viking

    A Viking is one of the Norsemen explorers, warriors, merchants, and Piracy who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century....
     raids common in northern Europe (Viking Age
    Viking Age

    Viking Age is the term for the period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the eighth to eleventh centuries....
    , from the 8th century)
  • Beginning of the Middle Ages
    Middle Ages

    File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
     in Europe
  • Rise of the Ghana Empire
    Ghana Empire

    The Ghana Empire or Wagadou Empire was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania, and Western Mali.This is believed to be first of many empires that would rise in that part of Africa....
     in Mauritania
    Mauritania

    Mauritania , officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest....
  • Settlement of the Magyar
    Magyar

    Magyar may refer to:* The Hungarian people, an ethnic group * The Hungarian language, known also as "Magyar" or "Magyar language"* A Hun Tribe ...
    s in Hungary
    Hungary

    Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
     (800–900)
  • The Jelling stones
    Jelling stones

    The Jelling stones are massive carved runestones from the 10th century, found at the town of Jelling in Denmark. The older of the two Jelling stones was raised by King Gorm the Old in memory of his wife Thyra....
     (AD 958) are erected in Denmark
    Denmark

    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
    ; the stones are identified with the unification of Denmark as one nation
  • The Battle of Hafrsfjord
    Battle of Hafrsfjord

    The Battle of Hafrsfjord has traditionally been regarded as the battle in which western Norway for the first time was unified under one monarch....
     in 872
    872

    Events...
     AD, Harald Fairhair unites Norway by defeating his opponents in a great naval battle outside the west coast of Norway.


Significant people

  • Caesar Augustus, Roman emperor (63 BC–14
    14

    Year 14 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar....
    )
  • Jesus of Nazareth
    Jesus

    Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the Incarnation ....
    , Rabbi
    Rabbi

    Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
     and iconoclast
    Iconoclasm

    Iconoclasm, Greek for "image-breaking," is the deliberate destruction of important symbolic images recognized within a culture, religion, or society....
     apotheosized
    Apotheosis

    Apotheosis refers to the exaltation of a subject to divinity level. The term has meanings in theology, where it refers to a belief, and in art, where it refers to a genre....
     by the Christian
    Christianity

    Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
     religion; also viewed by the Islam
    Islam

    Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
    ic religion as having been a prophet
    Prophet

    In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have encountered the supernatural or the Divinity, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity....
     (d. c. 29
    29

    Year 29 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar....
    –33
    33

    Year 33 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar....
    )
  • Paul of Tarsus
    Paul of Tarsus

    Saint Paul, also called Paul the Apostle, the Apostle Paul or Paul of Tarsus , was a Hellenistic Judaism, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles", and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries....
     (d. 67
    67

    Year 67 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar....
    ), central apostle of Christianity to the gentiles
  • Pliny the Elder
    Pliny the Elder

    Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author, naturalist or natural philosopher and naval and military commander of some importance who wrote Natural History ....
     (23
    23

    Year 23 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar....
    –79
    79

    Year 79 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar....
    ), Roman author
  • Cai Lun
    Cai Lun

    Cai Lun , courtesy name Jingzhong , was a China eunuch, who is conventionally regarded as the inventor of paper and the papermaking process, in forms recognizable in modern times as paper ....
     (d. 121
    121

    Events...
    ), Chinese inventor of paper
  • Plutarch
    Plutarch

    Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. AD 46 ? 120 ? commonly known in English as Plutarch ? was a Ancient Rome historian , biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonism....
     (d. c. 127
    127

    Events...
    ), Greek historian
  • Zhang Heng
    Zhang Heng

    Zhang Heng was an Chinese astronomy, Chinese mathematics, List of Chinese inventions, Chinese geography, History of cartography#China, Chinese art, Chinese poetry, Government of the Han Dynasty, and Chinese literature from Nanyang, Henan, Henan, and lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty of China....
     (d. 139
    139

    Events...
    ), Chinese astronomer and mathematician
  • Ptolemy
    Ptolemy

    Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
     (c. 83
    83

    Year 83 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
    –161
    161

    Events...
    ), Greek astronomer and mathematician
  • Chandragupta
    Chandragupta

    Chandragupta may refer to:* Chandragupta Maurya, Indian king, Mauryan Empire, 322?293 BCE* Chandragupta I, Indian king, Gupta Empire, 320-335 CE...
     (280
    280

    Events...
    –319
    319

    Events...
    ), founder of the Indian Gupta Empire
    Gupta Empire

    The Gupta Empire was ruled by members of the Gupta dynasty from around 280 to 550 CE and covered most of Northern India, Southern and Eastern Pakistan, parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan and what is now western India and Bangladesh....
  • Constantine I (d. 337
    337

    Events...
    ), Roman emperor
  • Augustine of Hippo (354
    354

    Events...
    –430
    430

    Events...
    ), theologian and Father of the Church
  • Attila
    Attila the Hun

    Attila , also known as Attila the Hun, was leader of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire which stretched from Germany to the Ural River and from the Danube to the Baltic Sea ....
     (d. 453
    453

    Events...
    ), Hunnic king and warlord
  • Theodoric the Great
    Theodoric the Great

    File:Theodoric bronze weight inlaid with silver issued by prefect Catulinus Rome 493 526.jpg'Theodoric the Great' , known in Latin as 'Flavius Theodericus' and in Greek sources, was king of the Ostrogoths , ruler of Italy , and regent of the Visigoths ....
     (454
    454

    Events...
    –526
    526

    Events...
    ), king of the Goths and of Italy
  • Clovis I
    Clovis I

    Clovis was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Franks under one king. He succeeded his father Childeric I in 481 as King of the Salian Franks, one of the Frankish tribes who were then occupying the area west of the lower Rhine, with their centre around Tournai and Cambrai along the modern frontier between France and Belgium, in an...
     (466
    466

    Events...
    –511
    511

    Events...
    ), united all the Frankish tribes under his rule
  • Aryabhata
    Aryabhata

    Aryabhaa is the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His most famous works are the Aryabhatiya and Arya-Siddhanta....
     (b. 476
    476

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
    ), Indian astronomer and mathematician
  • Justinian I
    Justinian I

    Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus , AD 482 or 483 ? 13 or 14 November 565, was the second member of the Justinian Dynasty and List of Roman Emperors from 527 until his death....
     (482
    482

    Events...
    –565
    565

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
    ), Byzantine Emperor
  • Belisarius
    Belisarius

    Flavius Belisarius is often described as one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to Byzantine Emperor Justinian I's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Western Roman Empire, which had been lost just under a century previously....
     (c. 505
    505

    This article is about the year 505. For other uses of the phrase '505', see 505 ....
    –565
    565

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
    ), Byzantine general
  • Khosrau I
    Khosrau I

    Khosrau I or Khosrow I , also known as Anushiravan the Just , was the favourite son and successor of Kavadh I , twentieth Sassanid Empire Emperor of Persia, and the most famous and celebrated of the Sassanid Emperors....
     (d. 579
    579

    Deaths* February ? Khosrau I, king of Persia* Pope Benedict I* Theodric of Bernicia, king of Bernicia ...
    ), Sassanid King of Persia
  • Muhammad
    Muhammad

    Muhammad Patronymic#Arabic Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib , is the founder of the Major religious groups of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as a Rasul and prophet of , the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of prophets....
     (570
    570

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
    –632
    632

    Events...
    ), prophet and founder of Islam
    Islam

    Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
  • Ali ibn Abu Talib (599
    599

    Events...
    –661
    661

    Events...
    ) first Shi'a Imam
  • Saint Isidore of Seville (d. 636
    636

    Events...
    ), archbishop and encyclopedist
  • Brahmagupta
    Brahmagupta

    Brahmagupta was an Indian Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy....
     (d. 668
    668

    Events...
    ), Indian mathematician and astronomer
  • Saint Bede (672
    672

    Events...
     or 673
    673

    Events...
    –735
    735

    Events* A smallpox epidemic starts in Ancient Japan, which reduces the population by 30%.* In Tang Dynasty China, by this year there was 149,685,400 kg of grain shipped annually along the Grand Canal of China....
    ) English historian
  • Abi Ishaq
    Abi Ishaq

    , an Arab grammarian and is the earliest known grammarian of the Arabic language. He compiled a prescriptive grammar by referring to the usage of the Bedouins, whose language was seen as especially pure ....
     (d. 735
    735

    Events* A smallpox epidemic starts in Ancient Japan, which reduces the population by 30%.* In Tang Dynasty China, by this year there was 149,685,400 kg of grain shipped annually along the Grand Canal of China....
    ) Arab grammarian
    Arabic grammar

    Arabic is a Semitic languages language. See Arabic language for more information on the language in general. This article describes the grammar of Classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic - the Arabic grammar ....
  • Charles Martel
    Charles Martel

    Charles "The Hammer" Martel was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace and ruled the Franks in the name of a Titular ruler. Late in his reign he proclaimed himself Duke of the Franks and by any name was de facto ruler of the Frankish Realms....
     (d. 741
    741

    Events...
    ), defeated the Arabs at Tours, 732
    732

    Events...
  • Li Bai
    Li Bai

    Li Bai or Li Po was a List of Chinese language poets. He was part of the group of Chinese scholars called the "Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup" in a poem by fellow poet Du Fu....
     (701
    701

    Events...
    –762
    762

    Events...
    ), Chinese poet
  • Geber
    Geber

    Geber is the Latinized form of "Jabir", with the full name of Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan , a prominent Muslim polymath: a Alchemy and chemistry in medieval Islam, Astronomy in medieval Islam and Islamic astrology, Inventions of the Islamic Golden Age, Geography in medieval Islam#Geology, mineralogy, and paleontology, Early Islamic philo...
     (c. 721
    721

    Events...
    –c. 815
    815

    * For the area code, see Area code 815.* For the fictional airline flight, see Oceanic Flight 815.* For the Episcopal Church Center see Episcopal Church in the United States of America...
    ), Muslim chemist
  • Charlemagne
    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne was List of Frankish kings from 768 to his death. He expanded the Franks kingdoms into a Carolingian Empire that incorporated much of Western Europe and Central Europe....
     (742
    742

    Events...
    –814
    814

    Events...
    ), Frankish conqueror and founder of the Holy Roman Empire
    Holy Roman Empire

    The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
  • Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
    Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

    Muhammad ibn Musa Khwarizmi was a Persian people mathematics, astronomer and geographer. He was born around 780 in Khwarezm, in contemporary Khiva, Uzbekistan, which was then part of the native Iranian-Khwarizmian Afrigid dynasty, and died around 850....
     (c. 780
    780

    Events...
    –c. 850
    850

    Events...
    ), Persian mathematician
  • Alfred the Great
    Alfred the Great

    Alfred the Great , also spelled ?lfred, was king of the southern Anglo-Saxons kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is noted for his defence of the kingdom against the Danish people Vikings, becoming the only English people king to be awarded the epithet "the Great"....
     (c. 849
    849

    Events...
    –899
    899

    Events...
    )
  • Al Battani (850
    850

    Events...
    –923
    923

    Events...
    ), Arab astronomer and mathematician
  • Simeon I
    Simeon I of Bulgaria

    Simeon I the Great ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927, during the First Bulgarian Empire. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantine Empire, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern Europe....
     (d. 927
    927

    Events...
    ), Tsar of Bulgaria
  • Otto the Great
    Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

    Otto I the Great , son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duchy of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan....
     (912
    912

    : For the automobile, see Porsche 912....
    –973
    973

    Events...
    )
  • Bjarni Herjólfsson
    Bjarni Herjólfsson

    Bjarni Herj?lfsson was an Icelandic explorer who is the first known European discoverer of the mainland of the Americas, which he sighted in 986....
    , Norwegian
    Norway

    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
     explorer; first known Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
    an discoverer of the mainland of the Americas
    Americas

    The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
    , sighted in 986
    986

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    .
  • Harald I of Norway
    Harald I of Norway

    Harald Fairhair or Harald Finehair , was the first king of Norway.Little is known of the historical Harald. The only contemporary sources mentioning him are the two skaldic poems Haraldskv??i and Glymdr?pa, by ?orbj?rn Hornklofi....
    , first king of Norway and mightiest ruler in Northern Europe at his time. Reigned from 872
    872

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     to 933
    933

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Inventions, discoveries, introductions

  • Paper
    Paper

    Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
     invented in China
  • Algebra
    Algebra

    Algebra is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of structure , relation , and quantity. Together with geometry, mathematical analysis, combinatorics, and number theory, algebra is one of the main branches of mathematics....
     developed in the Middle East
  • Coffee
    Coffee

    Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
     discovered in Ethiopia
  • Various horse-riding improvements including the horseshoe
    Horseshoe

    File:Horseshoes.JPGA horseshoe is a U-shaped item made of metal or of modern synthetic materials, nail ed or Polymethyl methacrylated to the hooves of horses and some other draught animals....
     and the stirrup
    Stirrup

    The stirrup is a ring with a flat bottom fixed on a leather strap, usually hung from each side of a saddle by an adjustable strap to create a footrest for a person using a riding animal , used as a support for the foot of a rider when seated in the saddle and as an aid in mounting....
  • Hop
    Hop (plant)

    Humulus, is a small genus of flowering plants, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The female flowers often called cones, of one species are called hops, and are used as flavoring and Food additive#Categoriess, especially for brewing beer....
    s added to beer
    Beer

    Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and Fermentation of starches, mainly derived from cereal?the most common of which is malted barley, although wheat, maize , and rice are widely used....
     for the first time
  • Ptolemaic system
    Ptolemaic System

    In the Ptolemaic system, each planet is moved by five or more spheres: one sphere is its deferent. The deferent was a circle centered around a point halfway between the equant and the earth....
     used to describe the motion of the planets
  • Chess developed, gaining widespread use
  • Magnetic compass
    Compass

    A compass, magnetic compass or mariner's compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the earth's magnetic poles....
     invented
  • Steel
    Wootz steel

    Wootz is a steel characterized by a pattern of bands or sheets of micro carbides within a tempered martensite or pearlite matrix. It was developed in India around 300 BC....
     first used in India


Centuries and decades


1st century
1st century

The 1st century was the century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or History by period...
 0s
0s

This article is about the period 1?9 AD, the first nine years of the 1st century. Note that there is no year zero in either the proleptic Gregorian calendar or the Julian calendar....
 		 10s
10s

Events and TrendsSignificant people*Caesar Augustus, Roman Emperor *Tiberius, Roman Emperor *Germanicus, Roman General...
 20s
20s

Events and TrendsSignificant people*Tiberius, Roman Emperor ...
 30s
30s

Events and Trends*circa 33 ? Jesus is Good Friday and, according to Christian doctrine, is Easter.*Establishment of a Christian church at Antioch, the forerunner of churches in the Syriac Christianity tradition....
 		 40s
40s

Events and TrendsSignificant people*Gaius Caesar Germanicus/Caligula .*Claudius, Roman Emperor .*Paul of Tarsus, Christianity evangelism...
 50s
50s

Events and Trends*The Roman emperor Claudius is murdered , succeeded by Nero*The Tocharian empire is united under Kujula Kadphises, and becomes the Kushan Empire....
 60s
60s

Events and Trends*Rebellion in Roman Britain led by Boudica *Great fire of Rome, 64*Great Jewish Revolt against Roman occupation begins *The suicide of Roman Emperor Nero leaves the throne vacant....
 		 70s
70s

Events and trends* Year 70 ? The Romans Destroy the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem* Year 78 ? the beginning of the Saka Era South Asian calendar system....
 80s
80s

Place Project Information Here.Significant people*Titus, Roman Emperor *Titus Flavius Domitianus, Roman Emperor ...
 		 90s
90s

Significant people*Titus Flavius Domitianus, Roman Emperor *Nerva, Roman Emperor ...
2nd century
2nd century

The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era/Common Era. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or History by period...
 100s 110s
110s

Events and Trends*The Roman Empire reaches its maximum extent.Significant people*Trajan, Roman Emperor...
 120s
120s

Events and TrendsSignificant people*Hadrian, Roman Emperor ...
 130s
130s

Events and TrendsSignificant people*Hadrian, Roman Emperor...
 		 140s
140s

Events and TrendsSignificant people* Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor ...
 150s
150s

Events and TrendsSignificant people* Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor ...
 160s
160s

Events and Trends*Execution of Justin Martyr, Rome*Date of earliest finds of Elder Futhark inscriptions in Vimose*Marcomannic Wars...
 		 170s
170s

Events and Trends* Marcomannic Wars....
 180s
180s

Events and trends*The end of the Pax Romana with the death of Marcus Aurelius*The beginning of the end of the Han dynasty, with the rise of the yellow turbans, He Jin, Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao....
 		 190s
190s

Events and Trends*Commodus is assassinated on the last day of 192, leading to the Year of the Five Emperors and a period of civil war, which ends when Septimius Severus defeats Clodius Albinus at the Battle of Lugdunum in 197....
3rd century
3rd century

The 3rd century is the period from 201 to 300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era/Common Era.In this century, the Roman Empire sees a Crisis of the Third Century, marking the beginning of Late Antiquity....
 200s 210s
210s

Significant people*Cao Cao, King of Cao Wei*Caracalla, Roman Emperor...
 220s
220s

Events and TrendsSignificant people*Alexander Severus, Roman Emperor*Zhuge Liang, Shu Han strategist of impressive intellect...
 230s
230s

Events and trends*Alexander Severus is slain in a mutiny led by Maximinus Thrax, ending the Severan Dynasty and beginning what is known as the Crisis of the Third Century....
 		 240s
240s

Events and trends*Crisis of the Third Century...
 250s
250s

Events and trends*Crisis of the Third Century*End of Yayoi Period era and beginning of Kofun Period in Japan.*Martyrdom of St. Denis...
 260s
260s

Events and trends*Crisis of the Third Century...
 		 270s
270s

Events and Trends*Crisis of the Third Century...
 280s
280s

Events and Trends* Around 285 Anthony the Great retired to a hermits life in the Egyptian desert. ...
 		 290s
290s

Events and Trends...
4th century
4th century

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400....
 300s 310s
310s

Events and TrendsSignificant people*Constantine I , Roman Emperor*Licinius, Roman Emperor*Maximinus, Roman Emperor...
 320s
320s

Events and Trends* Constantine I of the Roman Empire starts legislating Christianity beliefs into Civil law . * Flavius Dalmatius and his sons, Dalmatius and Hannibalianus, are recalled from their exile in Toulouse to Constantinople by Emperor Constantine I...
 330s
330s

Events and Trends*Constantinople dedicated as the second capital of the Roman Empire in 330...
 		 340s
340s

Events and Trends*Ulfilas missionary to the Goths...
 350s
350s

Events and Trends*350, About this time the Huns begin to invade the Sassanid Empire. ...
 360s
360s

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 		 370s
370s

Events and Trends* 376, Visigoths appear on the Danube and are allowed entry into the Roman Empire in their flight from the Huns....
 380s
380s

Events and TrendsSt. Patrick was born in Scotland in 387...
 		 390s
390s

Events and Trends* Gildonic revolt in Africa Province ...
5th century
5th century

The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini/Common Era....
 400s 410s
410s

Events and Trends*Sack of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric I.*Roman Britain lost to the Roman Empire....
 420s
420s

Events and Trends* Saint Augustine of Hippo publishes The City of God.* Validity limit for the information on Western Roman Empire in the Notitia Dignitatum....
 430s
430s

Events and Trends*Buddhagosha writes the Visuddhimagga in Sri Lanka .*430 ? Peter the Iberian founds a Georgian Orthodox monastery near Bethlehem....
 		 440s
440s

Events and Trends*Armorica rebels against the Roman empire.*Cunedda begins his reign as monarch of Wales....
 450s
450s

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 460s
460s

Events and Trends*Aspar becomes magister militum and de facto ruler of the eastern Roman Empire.* The era of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Ancient China continues ....
 		 470s
470s

Events and Trends*476 ? Abdication of Romulus Augustus ? fall of the Western Roman empire....
 480s
480s

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 		 490s
490s

Events and Trends*Possible timing of King Arthur's victory over the Saxon people.*493 ? Possible death of Saint Patrick.*494 ? Pope Gelasius I delineates the relationship between church and state....
6th century
6th century

The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era/Common Era. This century marks the end of Classical Antiquity and the beginning of the Dark Ages....
 500s 510s
510s

Events and Trends*Possible timing of King Arthur's victory over the Saxon people*512 ? Roman Anastasius I of the Byzantine Empire ends a period of moderate eclectic policy, and starts strongly favoring his own monophysitism beliefs....
 520s
520s

Events and Trends*Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon, perhaps legendary, assumes the throne of Gwynedd in Great Britain *Golden Gate of Jerusalem is built ...
 530s
530s

Events and Trends* 532 ? Nika riots in Constantinople; the cathedral was destroyed. They were put down a week later by Belisarius and Mundus; up to 30,000 people were killed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople....
 		 540s
540s

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 550s
550s

Events and Trends* 554, Eviction of the Ostrogoths from Rome, and the re-unification of all Italy under Imperial rule. 550, Byzantine Empire at its greatest under Justinian I....
 560s
560s

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 		 570s
570s

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 580s
580s

Events and Trends* The Sui Dynasty unites China for the first time since the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty in 311. Sui is founded in Emperor Wen of Sui China in 581....
 		 590s
590s

Events and Trends* 590, Pope Gregory I succeeds Pope Pelagius II as the 64th pope.* Pope Gregory I sends a mission led by Augustine of Canterbury, consisting of forty monks, to England with the intent of converting its inhabitants to Christianity....
7th century
7th century

The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era/Common Era....
 600s 610s
610s

Events and Trends* 610, Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows East Roman Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. His first major act is to change the official language of the East Roman Empire from Latin to Medieval Greek ...
 620s
620s

Events and Trends*627 ? The Roman-Persian Wars end.*622 ? Year one of the Islamic calendar begins, during which the Hijra occurs ? Muhammad and his followers emigrate from Mecca to Medina in September....
 630s
630s

Events and Trends* 630 ? Serbs and Croats settle the Balkans in the provinces of Moesia, Pannonia and Dalmatia* 632 ? Death of Muhammad and transfer of authority in History of Islam to first caliph....
 		 640s
640s

Events and Trends*640 ? History of the Middle East of Egypt and Syria by followers of Muhammad*642 ? Conquest of Persia by followers of Muhammad which with those from the 630s made up the united History of Islam Caliphate....
 650s
650s

Events and Trends* 650, The first China Paper money is issued. * 651, Emperor Yazdgerd III is murdered in Merv, ending the rule of Sassanid dynasty in Persia ....
 660s
660s

Events and Trends*Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib is assassinated. He is succeeded by Hasan ibn Ali as the Shia Imam and Muawiyah I as the Sunni Caliph....
 		 670s
670s

Events and Trends* 674?677 ? Arab army first besieges Constantinople...
 680s
680s

Events and Trends*Battle of Karbala...
 		 690s
690s

Events and Trends...
8th century
8th century

The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era/Common Era....
 700s 710s
710s

Events and Trends* 717 - Second Arab siege of Constantinople...
 720s
720s

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 730s
730s

Events and Trends* 732 - Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors under the governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, who is killed during the battle....
 		 740s
740s

The 740s were a time period during the 8th century. It included all years from 740-749.Births*CharlemagneEvents and Trends...
 750s
750s

Events and Trends* 750, The last Umayyads Caliph Marwan II is overthrown and executed by the first Abbasid Caliph, Al-Saffah. The Caliphate is moved to Baghdad, within the territory of the former Persian Empire; this would prove to be a momentous event for Baghdad which developed into a centre of world trade and culture....
 760s
760s

Events and Trends*Charlemagne inherits Kingdom of the Franks from Pippin the Younger...
 		 770s
770s

Events and Trends*The famous King Khalif Abbasid Al Mansoor founded Baghdad, which is situated on the banks of the Tigris, and made it a center of learning....
 780s
780s

Events and Trends*Charlemagne expands the Franks kingdom by gains in Saxony, Bavaria and Spain.*Hwicce reduced from a kingdom to an earldom....
 		 790s
790s

Events and Trends* In 793, the Vikings sack the monastery of Lindisfarne. This is the first of a series of Viking raids spanning the next centuries....
9th century
9th century

The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era/Common Era....
 800s 810s
810s

Events and Trends*814 ? Charlemagne dies; transfer of united territory to Louis the Pious*814?817 ? Bulgarian siege of Constantinople*Start of the second iconoclasm period in Byzantium...
 820s
820s

Events and Trends* Egbert of Wessex rises to the position of Bretwalda.* The Saracens conquer Crete and invade Sicily.* The Kingdom of Navarre is established....
 830s
830s

Events and Trends* The first Swedes arrive in Russia. * The Viking raids in Western Europe get more severe. They plunder Dorestad and establish themselves in Ireland....
 		 840s
840s

Events and Trends* 841 ? Dublin is founded by Viking settlers of Ireland.* 841 ? Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye fought between the two allied brothers Louis the German and Charles the Bald and their other brother the emperor Lothair I in their contention over the division of the Carolingian Empire and the title of emperor....
 850s
850s

Events and trends* 850?859: Christian "Martyrs of C?rdoba" in C?rdoba, Spain....
 860s
860s

Events and Trends* Rurik establishes the state of Novgorod * Basil I has first caesar Bardas , then emperor Michael III murdered and thus rises to the power himself....
 		 870s
870s

Events and Trends* The Danes invade England and conquer East Anglia. Several battles are fought with Wessex, but then peace is made . The Danes go on to establish the Danelaw in other parts of England....
 880s
880s

Events and Trends* 885 ? Vikings lay siege to Paris* 886 ? Alfred the Great of Wessex captures LondonSignificant people* Charles the Fat...
 		 890s
890s

Events and Trends* 899 ? Death of Alfred the Great...
10th century
10th century

The 10th century is the period from 901 to 1000 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era/Common Era....
 900s 910s
910s

Events and Trends* Construction begins on the first church at the abbey of Cluny....
 920s
920s

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 930s
930s

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 		 940s
940s

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 950s
950s

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 960s
960s

Events and Trends* German King Otto II crowned, May 26, 961* Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus ....
 		 970s
970s

Sorry, no overview for this topic
 980s
980s

Events and Trends* 983 ? Pagan West Slavs revolt, temporarily ending attempts at conversion and forcing abandonment of German sees and monasteries east of the Elbe...
 		 990s
990s

Events and Trends* Sei Shonagon writes The Pillow Book....