Year by year · 11th century

1002

1002 in world history: 2 events, 1 birth and 5 deaths. 422 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 13 November

    Æthelred II orders the St Brice's Day massacre of Danes

    King Æthelred the Unready ordered the killing of Danish men in England. Victims reputedly included the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, who launched repeated invasions and took the English crown in 1013.

    England
ProfileState331 states with a known seat in 1002Open the atlas at 1002 →

Wars and longer events

Born in 1002 1

Died in 1002 5

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). 1002. In The Epoch Institute, Year by Year. https://the-epoch-institute.org/years/1002
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Harvard
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