10th century
(9th century - 10th century - 11th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000.
Events The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period Viking groups settle in northern France - Norse become Normans Foundation of Cluny, first federated monastic order Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus (965) Collapse of the central lowland Maya civilization. End of Classic Maya period, begin Post-Classic Maya. Rise of the Toltecs in Mexico. Collapse of Great Moravia Buddhist temple construction commences at Pagan, Myanmar Laguna Copperplate Inscription, Kavi script, inscribed in Luzon, Philippines, dated Saka year 822 (AD 900). The medieval Croatian state becomes a unified kingdom under Tomislav Twentieth century Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all nine planets were within the same 90% arc of the solar system on 1 February, 949. The next time it is thought this will occur is on 6 May, 2492. Coastal cities on the Malay peninsula are the seed for the first recorded Malay kingdoms. The Fatimid dynasty arises in eastern Algeria. Swedish influence extends to the Black Sea.
Significant people - Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, semi-legendaric Toltec ruler, (exact years of his life are unknown).
- Nicephorus II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (lived 912 - 969, reigned 963 - 969).
- Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 912 - 973, reigned 936 - 973).
- King Edmund I of England (lived 921 - 946, reigned 939 - 946).
- John I Tzimisces, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (lived 925 - 976, reigned 969 - 976).
- Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 955 - 983, reigned 973 - 983).
- Theophanu, wife of Otto II, mother and Regent of Otto III, (lived 956 - 991, reigned 983-991).
- Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria (lived 958 - 1014, reigned 976 - 1014).
- Vladimir I, Prince of Kievan Rus (lived 958 - 1015).
- Basil II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, (lived 958 - 1025, reigned 976 - 1025).
- Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 980 - 1002, reigned 983 - 1002).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions - Hop (plant) first mentioned in connection with beer brewing
Decades and years
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