Events from the 1000s in

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Incumbents

*Monarch – Ethelred

Events

* 1000 ** English fleet invades the

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. ** English invasion of

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fails. ** Heroic poem ''

The Battle of Maldon "The Battle of Maldon" is the name given to an Old English poem of uncertain date celebrating the real Battle of Maldon of 991, at which an Anglo-Saxon army failed to repulse a Viking raid. Only 325 lines of the poem are extant; both the beginni ...

'' composed. * 1001 **

First Battle of Alton The First Battle of Alton was a skirmish in 1001 between the English and the Vikings. According to the '' Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' it took place at somewhere called, in Old English, ''Æthelingadene''.Bately. ''The Anglo Saxon Chronicle''. p. 79 ...

: English fail to repel

Viking Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

raiders. **

Battle of Pinhoe The Battle of Pinhoe was a battle between the Danes and the men of Devon and Somerset at Pinhoe, Devon. The battle In 1001, Vikings laid siege to Exeter, but due to the strong fortifications built during Athelstan's reign they could not br ...

(

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

): English fail to repel Viking raiders. **

Edward the Martyr Edward ( ang, Eadweard, ; 18 March 978), often called the Martyr, was King of the English from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar, but was not his father's acknowledged heir. On Edgar's death, the leader ...

canonised. ** Ælfgar is consecrated

Bishop of Elmham The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The bishop of Norwich is Graham Usher. The see is in t ...

(following the death on 7 October of

Æthelstan Æthelstan or Athelstan (; ang, Æðelstān ; on, Aðalsteinn; ; – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his fir ...

). **

Æthelred Æthelred (; ang, Æþelræd ) or Ethelred () is an Old English personal name (a compound of '' æþele'' and '' ræd'', meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised") and may refer to: Anglo-Saxon England * Æthelred and Æthelberht, legendary prin ...

becomes Bishop of Cornwall but dies shortly after. * 1002 ** 8 January –

Wulfsige III Wulfsige III (or Wulfsin, Vulsin, Ultius) was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne and is considered a saint. Life Wulfsige was nominated about 993. He died on 8 January 1002.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 222 Wulfsige took par ...

Bishop of Sherborne The Bishop of Sherborne is an episcopal title which takes its name from the market town of Sherborne in Dorset, England. The see of Sherborne was established in around 705 by St Aldhelm, the Abbot of Malmesbury. This see was the mother diocese of ...

, dies and is succeeded by Æthelric. ** £24,000 of

Danegeld Danegeld (; "Danish tax", literally "Dane yield" or tribute) was a tax raised to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged. It was called the ''geld'' or ''gafol'' in eleventh-century sources. It ...

paid to the Vikings in return for them leaving England. ** King

Æthelred the Unready Æthelred II ( ang, Æþelræd, ;Different spellings of this king’s name most commonly found in modern texts are "Ethelred" and "Æthelred" (or "Aethelred"), the latter being closer to the original Old English form . Compare the modern diale ...

marries (as his second wife) Emma, daughter of

Richard I, Duke of Normandy Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: ''Richard Sans-Peur''; Old Norse: ''Jarl Rikard''), was the count of Rouen from 942 to 996.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln ...

, who receives her predecessor's Anglo-Saxon name, Ælfgifu. ** 13 November – St. Brice's Day massacre: Æthelred orders the deaths of leading Danes in England. * 1003 ** Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, invades England in retaliation for the St. Brice's Day massacre. * 1004 ** Vikings raid

and East Anglia. * 1005 ** 16 November –

Ælfric Ælfric (Old English ', Middle English ''Elfric'') is an Anglo-Saxon given name. Churchmen *Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955–c. 1010), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer *Ælfric of Abingdon (died 1005), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Archbi ...

, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies, leaving ships to the people of

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and

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in his will, with his best, equipped for sixty men, going to King Æthelred. ** Continued Viking raids on southern England. * 1006 **

Ælfheah Ælfheah is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ælfheah of Canterbury (died 1012), martyred Saint and Archbishop of Canterbury *Ælfheah the Bald (died 951), Saint, and the first Bishop of Winchester *Alphege of Wells (died ), thir ...

is elevated from Bishop of Winchester to Archbishop of Canterbury. ** Summer–Autumn – Danish

raiders led by Sweyn Forkbeard raid the south-east from the

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in the

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where they overwinter at the Wallingford river crossing. * 1007 ** £36,000 of Danegeld paid to the Vikings in return for them not raiding England for two years. * 1008 ** Æthelred and Archbishop Wulfstan of York pass laws for the protection of

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in England. * 1009 ** New English fleet assembled. ** 1 August – Vikings occupy

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, attack London, and burn

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Births

* 1001 **

Godwin, Earl of Wessex Godwin of Wessex ( ang, Godwine; – 15 April 1053) was an English nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the ...

(died 1053) * 1003/1004 ** King Edward the Confessor (died 1066) * 1004 ** Princess

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(died

1055 1055 ( MLV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * January 11 – Emperor Constantine IX (Monomachos) dies after a 12½-year reign at Constantinople. He is succeeded by Theo ...

)

Deaths

* 1000/1001 ** 17 November – Ælfthryth, queen consort of England (born c.

945 Year 945 ( CMXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * January 27 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown barel ...

) * 1001 ** 7 October –

, Bishop of Elmham * 1005 ** 16 November –

Ælfric of Abingdon Ælfric of Abingdon and also known as Ælfric of Wessex. (died 16 November 1005) was a late 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury. He previously held the offices of abbot of St Albans Abbey and Bishop of Ramsbury, as well as likely being the ab ...

, Archbishop of Canterbury

References

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