1010 - Definition and Overview

Events

• The Ly Dynasty in Vietnam is established (or 1009).
• Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America (approximate date).
• Persian poet Ferdowsi finishes writing The Shahnameh (Book of Kings).
• Umayyad caliph of Cordoba Hisham II is restored, succeeding Sulayman.
• Eilmer of Malmesbury attempts flight in a glider of his own construction.

Births

• Otto of Savoy
• Michael IV, Byzantine Emperor

Deaths

• Aimoin, French monk and chronicler