Years: 1006 1007 1008 - 1009 - 1010 1011 1012

Decades: 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century 1009 state leaders

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.

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