PastlasHistorical atlas

Century · 901 – 1000

The world in the 10th century

From 901 to 1000 the atlas holds 375 states standing at some time, 115 of them founded in it - Holy Roman Empire and Song dynasty the best known - and 86 ending in it. 72 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Battle of Lechfeld, Norman conquest of southern Italy and Battle of Svolder the best known of the events; 317 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 901 to 1000, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 10th century

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

901: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other901911: 7 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other911921: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other921931: 5 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other931941: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other941951: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other951961: 12 began — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other961971: 7 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other971981: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other981991: 14 began — 12 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other991

Wars and battles 60

and 52 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 4

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 2

States founded and fallen

Founded 115

and 101 more in the atlas.

Ended 86

and 72 more in the atlas.

Born in the 10th century

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

and 293 more in the atlas.

States of the 10th century

Every state that stood at some time in the 10th century, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 182 statesEurope182Middle East and North Africa: 51 statesMiddle East and North Africa51Sub-Saharan Africa: 4 statesSub-Saharan Africa4South Asia: 40 statesSouth Asia40East and Southeast Asia: 61 statesEast and Southeast Asia61Americas and Oceania: 14 statesAmericas and Oceania14Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe182 states

and 170 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa51 states

and 39 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa4 states

South Asia40 states

and 28 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia61 states

and 49 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania14 states

and 2 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown23 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Its decades and years

The decades and years with a page of their own.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 900 – 1000: every state, war and life of the 10th century, region by region.
  • On the map in 950: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.