1000 in Norway

List of events in the year 1000

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Events in the year 1000 in Norway.

Incumbents

  • Monarch - Olaf I Tryggvason then Sweyn Forkbeard

Events

Christian Krogh's painting of Leif Ericson discovering America, 1893
  • Leif Ericson lands in North America, calling it Vinland. This journey became the first European journey in which the continents of the Americas were discovered by European inhabitants, many years before the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.[1][2]
  • September 9 - Battle of Svolder.

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "Leif Erikson (11th century)". BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day and Not Leif Erikson Day?". National Geographic. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ Norseng, Per G. "Olav Tryggvason". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 April 2017.


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