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
\n* The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period\n* Viking groups settle in northern France - Norse become Normans \n* Foundation of Cluny, first federated monastic order\n* Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus (965)\n* Collapse of the central lowland Maya civilization. End of Classic Maya period, begin Post-Classic Maya\n* Collapse of Great Moravia \n* Buddhist temple construction commences at Pagan, Myanmar\n* Laguna Copperplate Inscription, Kavi script, inscribed in Luzon, Philippines, dated Saka year 822 or 900 CE.
Significant people
- Nicephorus II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (lived 912 - 969, reigned 963 - 969).\n* Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 912 - 973, reigned 936 - 973).\n* King Edmund I of England (lived 921 - 946, reigned 939 - 946).\n*John I Tzimisces, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (lived 925 - 976, reigned 969 - 976).\n*Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 955 - 983, reigned 973 - 983.\n*Theophanu, wife of Otto II, mother and Regent of Otto III, (lived 956 - 991, reigned 983-991).\n*Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria (lived 958 - 1014, reigned 976 - 1014).\n* Vladimir I, Prince of Kievan Rus (lived 958 - 1015).\n*Basil II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, (lived 958 - 1025, reigned 976 - 1025).\n*Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 980 - 1002, reigned 983 - 1002).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
\n* Hop (plant) first mentioned in connection with beer brewing
Decades and years
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