1010

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Years: 1007 1008 1009 - 1010 - 1011 1012 1013

Decades: 980s 990s 1000s - 1010s - 1020s 1030s 1040s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century 1010 state leaders

Events

• The Ly Dynasty in Vietnam is established (or 1009).
• Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America (approximate date).
• Persian poet Ferdowsi finishes writing The Shahnameh (Book of Kings).
• Umayyad caliph of Cordoba Hisham II is restored, succeeding Sulayman.
• Eilmer of Malmesbury attempts flight in a glider of his own construction.

Births

• May 30 - Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)
• Otto of Savoy (d. 1060)
• Michael IV, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1041)

Deaths

• Aimoin, French monk and chronicler