St Brice's Day Massacre
1002 · Event
Æthelred orders the killing of Danes living in England; provokes vengeful invasions by Sweyn Forkbeard.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age, England
Around 1002
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)
- William the Conqueror (1028)
- The Tale of Genji (1008)
- Almoravid Empire founded (1050)
- Shahnameh completed (1010)