3874 entries. Last updated May 21, 2013.

1000 to 1100 Timeline Outline

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Gerbert d'Aurillac, scholar, teacher, tutor, and counsellor to Otto II and Pope Sylvester II. (View Larger)
The Mathematician Pope Reintroduces the Abacus and Armillary Sphere
(Circa 1000)

Folio 1 recto of Halper 211, considred to be one of the oldest surviving haggadahs. (View Larger)
The Oldest Surviving Haggadah(s)
(Circa 1000)

<p>The reconstructions of three Norse buildings are the focal point of this archaeological site, the earliest known European settlement in the New World. The archaeological remains at the site were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.</p>
The First Conclusive Proof that Norsemen Reached North America
(Circa 1000)

Playing Cards: One of the Earliest Forms of Block Printing
(1007 – 1072)

Folios 325r and 326v of MS. Marsh 144, depicting the constellation Orion. (View Larger)
The Oldest Surviving Illustrated Manuscript in Arabic
(1009 – 1010)

Cover page E, folio 474a, of the Leningrad Codex. (View Larger)
The Earliest Extant Complete Text of the Bible in Hebrew
(Circa 1010)

A portrait of Ibn al_Haytham, once printed on the obverse side of an Iraqi 10-dinar bill.
Foundation of Experimental Physics, Optics, and the Science of Vision
(1011 – 1021)

A Qatarian postage stamp portraying Ibn al-Haitham. (View Larger) <p>Persian scientist Abu Ali Al-Hasan <a href=
Construction of the First Camera Obscura
(1012 – 1021)

The front of the book-shaped reliquary. (View Larger)
Book-Shaped Reliquary from the Circle of the Master of the Registrum Gregorii
(Circa 1020)

Production of Medieval Arabic Manuscripts
(Circa 1025)

One of the oldest Scottish books remaining in Scotland: a psalter nearly 1,000 years old. (View Larger
The Oldest Scottish Book Remaining in Scotland
(Circa 1025)

Perhaps the Earliest Recycling of Paper
(1031)

The First Truly Recognizable Dictionary
(Circa 1040 – 1050)

The Earliest Codex Preserving Ancient Greek Music Theory
(January 14, 1040)

A Chinese statue of Pi Sheng. (View Larger)
The Invention of Movable Type in China
(Circa 1041 – 1048)

Page 74 of the Dresden Codex, depicting a great flood, flowing from the mouth of a celestial dragon. This represents the Central American notion of apocolypse. (View Larger)
The Earliest Surviving Book Written in the Americas
(Circa 1050 – 1150)

The Ostomir Gospels, the Second Earliest East Slavonic Book
(1056 – 1057)

Pope Victor II.
The Latest Certain Dates for the Use of Papyrus
(1057 – 1087)

More than One Million Charters Survive from the Period of Norman Rule in England
(1066 – 1307)

William the Conqueror, seated center, flanked by Odo, Archbishop of Canterbury, left, and Rotbert, right. <p>William of Normandy, less well known as William the Bastard, and better known as <a href=
The Norman Conquest
(September 28 – October 14, 1066)

Destruction of the 200,000 Volume Palace Library at Cairo
(1068)

A miniature from a 15th century French translation of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium, showing Alp Arslan, second sultan of the Seljuk dynasty, humiliating Emperor Romanos IV. (View Larger)
Defeat of the Byzantine Empire by Turks
(August 26, 1071)

Folio 1r of the manuscript of Liber Pantegni preserved in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. (View Larger)
Probably the Earliest Surviving Western Medical Treatise
(Circa 1075 – 1098)

A scene from the Bayeux tapestry, showing Odo, Archbishop of Canterbury, on horseback. (View Larger)
The Norman Conquest Recorded on the Bayeux Tapestry
(1077)

The Domesday Book. (View Larger) /></p></a> <p>William I of England, better known as <a href=
The Domesday Book, Recording the First English Census
(December 1085 – August 1086)

A bust of Shen Kua. (View Larger)
Earliest Description of the Compass
(1086)

The seal of the University of Bologna. (View Larger)
Foundation of the University of Bologna
(1088)

A T-O design from Lambert's Liber Floridus. (View Larger)
A Medieval Encyclopedia, of which the Autograph Manuscript Survived
(Circa 1090 – 1125)

Henri Gourgouillon's vision of Pope Urban II, located at le Place de la Victoire in Clermont-Ferrand, France. (View Larger)
Origins of the First Crusade
(March – November 1095)

Oxford University's coat of arms. (View Larger)
Origins of the University of Oxford
(1096)