1002

Years: 999 1000 1001 - 1002 - 1003 1004 1005
Decades: 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s
Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

November 13 - English king Ethelred gives order to kill all Danes in England.
Brian Boru rises to power in Ireland, taking the title of High King.
All-out war breaks out between Byzantine Emperor Basil II and Bulgarian tsar Samuil.
Henry II succeeds Otto III as king of Germany.
With a new group of colonists, an epidemic hits the Viking colony on Greenland.
Danegeld is paid.