The world in 1001 AD — what happened that year

5 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

China (3)

• He reached Mancheng and withdrew by a muddy road. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史 卷14 統和19年 10月)
• Li Jiqian took the Qingyuan Army. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷006 咸平四年)
• Li Qiong, the wall-lord of Xiahou and others of Lingzhou, surrender their city to Western Xia; the emperor frees their relatives. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑 卷022 (1001년 조))

Southeast Asia (1)

• Emperor Đại Hành personally campaigned against Cu Long; the enemy was about to shoot arrows but ran out of arrows. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之一 「辛丑八年。帝親征莒隆，賊眾見帝，」)

Western Europe (1)

• When the Danish army advanced to Alton, the men of Hampshire fought them, but the king's steward Æthelweard and others fell. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1001 항 (pg657.txt 줄 4565))

← AD 1000 · AD 1003 →

Show on the map — AD 1001