1000
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Ancient Olympiads' not found. 1000 (M) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 1st millennium, the 100th and last year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 1000s decade. As of the start of 1000, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time. In the proleptic Gregorian calendar, it was an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday, and was just like the century common year 1800.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 970s 980s 990s – 1000s – 1010s 1020s 1030s |
| Years: | 997 998 999 – 1000 – 1001 1002 1003 |
It is one of only seven years to use just one Roman numeral. The seven are 1 AD (I), 5 AD (V), 10 AD (X), 50 AD (L), 100 AD (C), 500 AD (D), and 1000 AD (M).
Events
- Leif Ericson becomes the first European to visit America
- Gunpowder is invented in China.
- Dhaka, Bangladesh, is started.
Births
- July 5 – Robert I, Duke of Normandy, French nobleman; father to William the Conqueror (died 1035)
- King Stephen I of Hungary, Hungarian royal (died 1038)
- Pope Clement II (died 1045)
- Pope Damasus II (died 1047)
- Pope Sylvester IX (died 1049)
- Saint Herfast, French bishop; first Lord Chancellor of England (died 1085)