Chronyas has 1,819 events dated to the 11th century (1001 to 1100 CE), during the Medieval world. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.
Most of the events in this century belong to Civilizations & archaeology and Wars, politics & history.
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- from 1005 to 1797Republic of Genoa
- 1006Construction of Gonbad-e Qabus
- 1006SN 1006
- 1006The brightest supernova in recorded history appears
- from 1007 to 1090Construction of Qal'at Bani Hammad
- 11 April 1008Earthquake in Dainawar, Iran-Iraq
- c. 1010Origins of Hanoi
- 1010Construction of Prahadisvarar Temple
- c. 1010sMurasaki Shikibu writes The Tale of Genji
- from c. 1011 to 1215Ghurid dynasty
- from 1011 to 1934Construction of Saint Sophia Cathedral
- 1015Construction of Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg
- 1020Death of Ferdowsi
- 1020Construction of Wawel Cathedral
- 1021Ibn al-Haytham completes the Book of Optics
- 1021Vikings are at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland
- 1024The Song dynasty issues the first government paper money
- c. 1020sAl-Biruni measures the size of the Earth
- 1025Avicenna completes the Canon of Medicine
- 8 November 1028Birth of William the Conqueror
- 1031Construction of Krak des Chevaliers
- from 1035 to 1707Kingdom of Aragon
- from 1037 to 1194Seljuk Empire
- 18 June 1037Death of Avicenna
- December 1037Earthquake in Taichou, Jiangsu Province, China
- from 1038 to 1227Western Xia
- 9 January 1038Earthquake in Dingxiang, Xinxian, Shaanxi Province, China
- from 1040 to 1147Almoravid dynasty
- c. 1040Movable type invented in China
- 21 August 1042Earthquake in Tabriz, Iran
- 1044Anawrahta founds the Pagan Empire in Burma
- c. 1048Origins of Oslo
- 18 May 1048Birth of Omar Khayyám
- c. 1050sChaco Canyon becomes the centre of Ancestral Puebloan life
- 1051Construction of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
- 1054SN 1054
- July 1054East-West Schism
- 1057Earthquake in Beijing, China
- c. 1058Birth of Al-Ghazali
- 1059Construction of Florence Baptistery
- 1060Origins of Baphuon
- 1062Origins of Margat
- from 1065 to 1833Kingdom of Castile
- 1066Construction of Tower of London
- 20 September 1066Battle of Fulford
- from 28 September 1066 to 1 January 1075Norman conquest of England
- 14 October 1066Battle of Hastings
- 30 December 10661066 Granada Anti-Jewish massacre
- 1067Construction of Wartburg
- c. 1067Origins of Minsk
- 1070Construction of Windsor Castle
- 1072Construction of Durham Castle
- 1073Origins of Sakya
- from 1075 to 1124Investiture controversy
- 1077Rise of Anushtegin dynasty
- from 1077 to 1307Sultanate of Rum
- from 1079 to 1318House of Hohenstaufen
- 1079Birth of Peter Abelard
- 1080Construction of Speyer Cathedral
- from 1081 to 1185Komnenos
- 1086William the Conqueror's survey: the Domesday Book
- 9 September 1087Death of William the Conqueror
- 1088Construction of Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
- 1088Founding of University of Bologna
- 1092Su Song completes his astronomical clock tower
- 1093Origins of Pembroke Castle
- 1093Construction of Zagreb Cathedral
- 1093Construction of Durham Cathedral
- c. 1094Origins of Zagreb
- from 1095 to 1291Crusades
- November 1095Council of Clermont
- 27 November 1095Pope Urban II calls the First Crusade
- 1096Founding of University of Oxford
- from 1096 to 1099First Crusade
- from April 1096 to October 1096People's Crusade
- 1098Birth of Hildegard of Bingen
- from 15 July 1099 to 18 May 1291Kingdom of Jerusalem
- from 1100 to 1470Chimú culture
- c. 1100sThe magnetic compass is used for navigation at sea
- from c. 1100s to 1450sGreat Zimbabwe rises