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This article is about the year 1000. For other uses, see 1000 (number).

Years: 997 998 999 - 1000 - 1001 1002 1003
Decades: 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s
Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century 1000 state leaders

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**1000 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1000 M
Ab urbe condita	1753
Armenian calendar	449 ԹՎ ՆԽԹ
Chinese calendar	3636/3696-11-22 (己亥年十一月廿二日) — to — 3637/3697-12-3 (庚子年十二月初三日)
Ethiopian calendar	992 – 993
Hebrew calendar	4760 – 4761
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1055 – 1056
- Shaka Samvat	922 – 923
- Kali Yuga	4101 – 4102
Iranian calendar	378 – 379
Islamic calendar	390 – 391
Thai solar calendar	1543

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The year 1000 of the Gregorian Calendar was the last year of the 10th century as well as the last year of the first millennium. AD 1000 was a leap year starting on Monday.

1 Overview
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 See also
6 Further reading
7 References

[edit] Overview

Speculation that the world would end in the year 1000 was confined largely to Christian monks in France, <ref>Cantor, 1993 Europe in 1050 p 235.</ref> as most clerks at the time used regnal years--i.e. the fourth year of the reign of Robert II of France, etc. The use of the modern "anno domini" system of dating was confined to the Venerable Bede and other chroniclers of universal history.

Western Europe began to cross over from the Early Middle Ages into the High Middle Ages beginning around 1000, as marked by numerous distinct changes in Western European life: the rise of the medieval communes, the reawakening of widespread city life, the appearance of the burgher class, the revival of long-distance trade that reconnected Europe with the Mediterranean world, the founding of the first universities, the rediscovery of Roman law, and the beginnings of vernacular literature, to name a few. The papacy at this time remained firmly under the control of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III--the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the World".

In Eastern Europe, the Byzantine Empire continued to thrive during amid its Golden Age in what is today primarily Greece and Turkey. Constantinople, with a population of about 300,000, dwarfed the Western cities of Rome and Paris, which at this time had populations of about 35,000 and 20,000, respectively.

The Viking Age continued in eastern and western Europe much as it had for the previous two centuries, with Viking trade, raids, and culture influencing much of European life. It was in the year 1000 that Leif Ericsson landed in what is today Newfoundland, naming it Vinland.

In what is today China, the Song Dynasty remained the world's most populous empire and continued to thrive under Emperor Xianping. Similarly, the Islamic world continued to and expand under the revived Ummayad Caliphate, including what is now Spain, northern Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia.