Editing AD 1000 (section)

=== Christendom ===
{{Main|Early Middle Ages#Europe in 1000}}
{{Further|Christianity in the Middle Ages}}
[[File:Europe 1000.jpg|thumb|270px|upright|[[Western Europe]], the [[Holy Roman Empire]], [[Kievan Rus']], and the [[Byzantine Empire]] in the [[Middle Ages]] (year 1000)]]

* In [[continental Europe]], the [[Holy Roman Empire]] established itself as the most powerful state. The Holy Roman Emperor [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] made a pilgrimage from [[Rome]] to [[Aachen]] and [[Gniezno]] ([[Gnesen]]), stopping at [[Regensburg]], [[Meissen]], [[Magdeburg]], and Gniezno. The [[Congress of Gniezno]] (with [[Bolesław I the Brave]]) was part of his [[Christian pilgrimage|pilgrimage]]. In Rome, he built the basilica of [[San Bartolomeo all'Isola]], to host the relics of [[Bartholomew the Apostle|St. Bartholomew]].
* In the [[Kingdom of France]], [[Robert II of France|Robert II]], the son of [[Hugh Capet]], was the first King of the [[House of Capet|Capetian royal dynasty]]. 
* The [[Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty]] was engaged in a [[Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria|long and hard war]] with the [[First Bulgarian Empire]]. The Byzantine generals, [[Theodorokanos]] and [[Nikephoros Xiphias]] captured the former Bulgarian capitals of [[Pliska]] and [[Great Preslav]], along with [[Little Preslav]], extending Byzantine control over the northeastern portion of the Bulgarian state ([[Mysia]] and [[Scythia Minor]]). At the same time, Byzantium was instrumental in the [[Christianization of Kievan Rus']] and of other medieval confederations of Slavic states.
* In [[Great Britain]], a unified [[Kingdom of England]] had developed out of the various [[Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]].
* In [[Scandinavia]], [[Christianization of Scandinavia|Christianization]] was in its early stages, with the [[Althing]] of the [[Icelandic Commonwealth]] embracing Christianity in the year 1000. On [[September 9]], the [[Monarchy of Norway|King of Norway]], [[Olaf Tryggvason]], was defeated by the Scandinavian kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Denmark (Middle Ages)|Denmark]] and [[Kingdom of Sweden (Middle Ages)|Sweden]] in the [[Battle of Svolder]]. [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] established Danish control over part of [[Norway]]. The city of [[Oslo]] was founded in Norway (the exact year is debatable, but the 1,000 year anniversary was held in the year [[2000]]). It is known that in or around this year, [[Norsemen|Norse]] explorer [[Leif Erikson]] became [[Norse colonization of North America|the first European to land in the Americas]], at [[L'Anse aux Meadows]] in modern-day [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]].
* The [[History of the papacy#Influence of powerful Roman families (904–1048)|papacy]] during this time was in a period of decline, in retrospect known as the ''[[saeculum obscurum]]'' ("Dark Age") or "pornocracy" ("rule of harlots"), a state of affairs that would result in the [[East–West Schism|Great Schism]] between [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] and [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] later in the 11th century.
* The [[Kingdom of Hungary]] was established in 1000 as a Christian state. In the next centuries, the Kingdom of Hungary became the pre-eminent cultural power in the Central European region. On [[December 25]], [[Stephen I of Hungary|Stephen I]] was crowned as the first King of Hungary in [[Esztergom]].
* [[Sancho III of Pamplona]] became King of [[List of Aragonese monarchs|Aragon]] and [[List of Navarrese monarchs|Navarre]]. The [[Reconquista]] was gaining some ground, but the southern Iberian peninsula would still be dominated by Islam for centuries to come; [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]]  was the world's largest city at this time, with 450,000 inhabitants.
* In the [[Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)|Kingdom of Croatia]] the army of the [[Republic of Venice]] led by Doge [[Pietro II Orseolo]] [[Siege of Lastovo|conquered the island of Lastovo]].
* The [[Château de Goulaine]] [[vineyard]] was founded in [[Kingdom of France|France]]. 
* The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno|archdiocese]] in [[Gniezno]] was founded; the first [[List of archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland|archbishop]] was [[Radim Gaudentius]], from [[Slavník dynasty]], and dioceses in [[Kołobrzeg]], [[Kraków]] and [[Wrocław]]. 
* The [[Bell foundry]] was founded in [[Italy]] by [[Pontificia Fonderia Marinelli]].