Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Decades: 960s 970s 980s 990s 1000s - 1010s - 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s

Years: 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 - 1014 - 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019

• February 14 - Pope Benedict VIII recognizes Henry of Bavaria as King of Germany
• July 29 - Battle of Kleidion: Basil II inflicts not only a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock.
• Henry II of Germany crowned Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Benedict VIII (ruled since 1003)
• Following the death of Sweyn I, Ethelred II returns to England and retakes the English crown. Canute the Great returns to Denmark
• Battle of Clontarf; forces under Brian Boru defeat several allied Viking forces in Ireland, ending their power there but killing Brian in the process
• Colditz castle is built
• In England archbishop Wulfstan preaches his Latin homily, "Wulf's Address to the English"
• Avicenna arrives at the court of Amir Majd al-Dawla at Jabal
• in Kashmir, Abhinavagupta, the teacher of the poet Ksemendra, circulates his Greater commentary on the Pratyabhijna Darshana.

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