1002

1002 (MII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 2nd year of the 11th century, and the 3rd year of the 1000s decade. As of the start of 1002, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• January 23 – Emperor Otto III dies, at the age of 22, of smallpox at Castle of Paterno (near Rome) after a 19-year reign. He leaves no son, nor a surviving brother who can succeed by hereditary right to the throne. Otto is buried in Aachen Cathedral alongside the body of Charlemagne (Charles the Great).

Births

• June 21 – Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
• Adolf II of Lotharingia (d. 1041)
• Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Sunni Muslim scholar and historian (d. 1071)
• George I of Georgia (possible date; d. 1027)
• Mei Yaochen, Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty (d. 1060)

Deaths

• January 23 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
• April 30 – Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen, assassinated
• August 8 – Al-Mansur, chief minister of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba, Spain
• October 15 – Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)
• Ealdwulf, Abbot of Peterborough, Bishop of Worchester and Archbishop of York
• Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
• Gunhilde, wife of Pallig, killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre
• John the Iberian, Georgian saint (possible date)
• Pallig, Danish chieftain, Jarl of Devonshire, killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre
• Rogneda of Polotsk, wife of Vladimir I of Kiev before his conversion to Christianity
• Sancho Ramírez of Viguera (possible date)
• Tahir, son of Khalaf I
• Udayadityavarman I of Khmer Empire

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