1002
1002 (MII) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the second year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 970s 980s 990s – 1000s – 1010s 1020s 1030s |
| Years: | 999 1000 1001 – 1002 – 1003 1004 1005 |
Events
- January 23 – Emperor Otto III dies, at the age of 22, of smallpox at Castle of Paterno (near Rome) after a 19-year reign. He leaves no son, nor a surviving brother who can succeed by hereditary right to the throne.[1] Otto is buried in Aachen Cathedral alongside the body of Charlemagne (Charles the Great).
Births
- June 21 – Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
- Adolf II of Lotharingia (d. 1041)
- Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Sunni Muslim scholar and historian (d. 1071)
- George I of Georgia (possible date; d. 1027)
- Mei Yaochen, Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty (d. 1060)
Deaths
- January 23 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
- April 30 – Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen, assassinated
- August 8 – Al-Mansur, chief minister of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba, Spain
- October 15 – Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
- Ealdwulf, Abbot of Peterborough, Bishop of Worchester and Archbishop of York
- Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
- Gunhilde, wife of Pallig, killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre
- John the Iberian, Georgian saint (possible date)
- Pallig, Danish chieftain, Jarl of Devonshire, killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre
- Rogneda of Polotsk, wife of Vladimir I of Kiev before his conversion to Christianity
- Sancho Ramírez of Viguera (possible date)
- Tahir, son of Khalaf I
- Udayadityavarman I of Khmer Empire
References
- ↑ Reuter, Timothy (1992). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 259. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.