Explore 39 historical events from 1010–1019.
Samuel was the Tsar (Emperor) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 6 October 1014. From 977 to 997, he was a general under Roman I of Bulgaria, the second surviving son of Emp…
Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire
Vikings were a seafaring people originally from Scandinavia, who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe. They …
The Vikings were defeated by the Irish at the Battle of Clontarf
The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan pen…
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Byzantine forces defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion in the…
Princess Teishi , also known as Yōmeimon-in (陽明門院), was an empress consort of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan. She wielded major influence during the reign of her son, Emperor Go Sanjo …
Teishi, empress of Japan (died 1094)
Richeza of Poland was Queen of Hungary by marriage to Béla I, King of Hungary.
Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary (died 1075)
Hisham II or Abu'l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah was the third Umayyad Caliph of Spain, in Al-Andalus from 976 to 1009, and from 1010 to 1013.
Hisham II, Umayyad caliph of Córdoba (born 966)
Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple, also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathema…
Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1054)
The counts of Tusculum or Tuscolo, also known as the Theophylacti, were a family of secular noblemen from Latium that maintained a powerful position in Rome between the 10th and 12…
The comital family of Tusculum arranges the election of the count's son as Sergius IV following the death of Pope Marinu
Ælfheah, more commonly known today as Alphege, was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of Canterbury from 1006 to 1012. He became an anchorite before being electe…
Ælfheah of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint (born 954)
Pope Sergius IV was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 31 July 1009 to his death. His temporal power was eclipsed by the patrician John Crescentius. Serg…
Sergius IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 970)
The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1194, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130, the territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom o…
Lombard Revolt: Greek citizens of Bari rise up against the Lombard rebels led by Melus and deliver the city to Basil Mes
The siege of Canterbury was a major Viking raid on the city of Canterbury that occurred between 8 and 29 September 1011, fought between a Viking army led by Thorkell the Tall and t…
Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.
Emperor Ichijō was the 66th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Ichijō, emperor of Japan (born 980)
The siege of Canterbury was a major Viking raid on the city of Canterbury that occurred between 8 and 29 September 1011, fought between a Viking army led by Thorkell the Tall and t…
An army of Viking pirates that had besieged the English city of Canterbury for weeks took Archbishop Ælfheah prisoner…
Emperor Renzong of Song, personal name Zhao Zhen, was the fourth emperor of the Northern Song dynasty of China. He reigned for about 41 years from 1022 to his death in 1063, making…
Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1063)