c. 1000★★★★★
The Althing decides that Iceland will officially adopt Christianity while tolerating some private pagan practice.
Religion· Iceland
988★★★★★
Grand Prince Vladimir I of Kiev is baptized and makes Byzantine Orthodox Christianity the religion of the Rus'.
Religion· Ukraine, Russia, Belarus
987★★★★★
Hugh Capet is elected King of the Franks, founding the Capetian dynasty whose branches ruled France for centuries.
DynastyPolitics· France
February 2, 962★★★★★
Pope John XII crowns Otto I emperor in Rome, commonly regarded as the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire.
PoliticsDynasty· Germany, Italy
August 10, 955★★★★★
King Otto I of Germany defeats the Magyars near Augsburg, ending Hungarian raids into Western Europe.
War· Germany
July 16, 1054★★★★★
Papal legates lay a bull of excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia, marking the split between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Religion· Turkey, Italy