1010

Asia

 * The in  is established (or in ) and moved the Vietnam's capital to, the founding year of Hanoi.
 * Persian  finishes writing  (Book of Kings).
 * caliph of Cordoba is restored, succeeding.
 * king unseated in a revolt, resulting in an invasion by the and the burning of the Korean capital  in the.
 * City of said to have been founded.
 * of China completed the work of the earlier  Lu Duosun in this year, an enormous  of China that was written and illustrated in 1,556 chapters showing maps of each region, city, town, and village. The atlas took 39 years to complete.

Americas

 * explorer attempts to found a settlement in  (approximate date).

Africa

 * The river freezes.

Literature

 * Lady writes  in  (approximate date).

Technology

 * attempts in a  of his own construction.

Births

 * — of China (d. )
 * , bishop of Meissen (d.)
 * , king of León (d. )
 * , (d. )
 * , Byzantine Emperor (d. )
 * , Archbishop of Salzburg (d. )
 * (d. )
 * , Bishop of Würzburg and Count of Lambach-Wels (d. )

Deaths

 * , Byzantine of Italy
 * , English abbot
 * , French monk and chronicler