11th century

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(10th century - 11th century - 12th century - other centuries)

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100.

Contents 1 Events 2 Significant people 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years

Events

• 1000 (cca), Vikings, led by Leif Eirikson, establish small settlements at and around Vinland in North America
• 1054, the Great Schism, in which the Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Orthodox churches separated from each other. Similar schisms in the past had been later repaired, but this one continues after nearly 1000 years.
• 1065, independence of the Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal under the rule of Garcia
• 1066, Norman conquest of England
• 1094, El Cid, the great Spanish hero, conquers the Moorish city of Valencia
• 1099, First Crusade captures Jerusalem
• King Anawrahta of Myanmar made a pilgrimage to Ceylon, returning to convert his country to Theravada Buddhism.

Significant people

• William the Conqueror
• Macbeth
• Alp Arslan
• Pope Saint Gregory VII (Hildebrand)

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• Invention of military rockets by the Chinese
• The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu is one of the first novels in Japanese

Decades and years

990s	990	991	992	993	994	995	996	997	998	999
1000s	1000	1001	1002	1003	1004	1005	1006	1007	1008	1009
1010s	1010	1011	1012	1013	1014	1015	1016	1017	1018	1019
1020s	1020	1021	1022	1023	1024	1025	1026	1027	1028	1029
1030s	1030	1031	1032	1033	1034	1035	1036	1037	1038	1039
1040s	1040	1041	1042	1043	1044	1045	1046	1047	1048	1049
1050s	1050	1051	1052	1053	1054	1055	1056	1057	1058	1059
1060s	1060	1061	1062	1063	1064	1065	1066	1067	1068	1069
1070s	1070	1071	1072	1073	1074	1075	1076	1077	1078	1079
1080s	1080	1081	1082	1083	1084	1085	1086	1087	1088	1089
1090s	1090	1091	1092	1093	1094	1095	1096	1097	1098	1099
1100s	1100	1101	1102	1103	1104	1105	1106	1107	1108	1109

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