1009 - Definition and Overview

Events

• February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
• October 18: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is destroyed by Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
• The Ly dynasty, Vietnam's first independent dynasty, is proclaimed.
• Sergius IV succeeds John XVIII as Pope.
• Sulayman succeeds Mohammed II as caliph of Cordoba.
• Provinces of Goryeo (modern-day Korea) are redistributed.

Births

• Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan.

Deaths

• Bruno of Querfurt, missionary.