10th century

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000.

Events

• The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period
• Viking groups settle in northern France - Norse become Normans
• Foundation of Cluny, first federated monastic order
• Mieszko I, first duke of Poland, baptised a Christian in 966
• Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus (965)
• Collapse of the central lowland Maya civilization. End of Classic Maya period, begin Post-Classic Maya.
• Rise of the Toltecs in Mexico.
• Collapse of Great Moravia
• Buddhist temple construction commences at Pagan, Myanmar
• Laguna Copperplate Inscription, Kavi script, inscribed in Luzon, Philippines, dated Saka year 822 (AD 900).
• The medieval Croatian state becomes a unified kingdom under Tomislav
• Twentieth century Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all nine planets were within the same 90% arc of the solar system on 1 February, 949. The next time it is thought this will occur is on 6 May, 2492.
• Coastal cities on the Malay Peninsula are the seed for the first recorded Malay kingdoms.
• The Fatimid dynasty arises in eastern Algeria.
• Swedish influence extends to the Black Sea.