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Apr 17, 1000
Hungary
Hungary was established in 1000 as a Christian state. -
Period: Apr 17, 1000 to Apr 17, 1500
Year 1000
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Apr 17, 1025
Leif Ericson
Leif is last mentioned alive in 1019, and by 1025 he had passed on his chieftaincy of Eiriksfjord to another son, Thorkell. -
Apr 17, 1324
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian voyager and merchant who was one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia through China, visiting the Kublai Khan in Beijing. He left in 1271 with his father Nicolo Polo and uncle Maffeo Polo; they spent about 24 years traveling. -
The Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279 -
King Olaf
Olaf was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. Olaf played an important part in the often forcible, on pain of torture or death, conversion of the Norse to Christianity. He is said to have built the first church in Norway in 995 and to have founded the city of Trondheim 997.
