1001

1001 (MI) was a in the. It is confirmed that the year 1001 AD was claimed to be the beginning of the and the.

Europe

 * Grand Prince is named the first King of  by.
 * , marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.
 * has 's vault opened (see ).
 * The was a skirmish in southern England between the English and the Danes.

Asia

 * king is succeeded by  and/or.
 * Construction begins on the, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history (completed in ).

Religion

 * Canonisation of, king of.

Births

 * , daughter of (d. )
 * , Norman nobleman (d. )

Deaths

 * , Saxon nun and poet
 * , Chinese poet (b. )