994. Hugh Capet maintains Gerbert in the see of Rheims, against the opposition of the Pope.
With a fleet of ninety-four ships the kings of Norway and Denmark attack London; they are beaten off by the citizens.
996. Death of Hugh Capet; his son Robert succeeds.
997. Venetians conquer the coast and islands of the Adriatic as far as Ragusa; their Doge styles himself duke of Dalmatia.
Death of Gejza, first Christian prince of Hungary.
Insurrection of peasants in Normandy.
998. Crescentius, having usurped power in Rome and expelled the Pope, is defeated, captured, and put to death by Otho III.
1000. Leif Ericson and Biorn discover America. See "[LEIF ERICSON DISCOVERS AMERICA]," v, 141.
Otho III and Boleslas the Valiant, King of Poland, meet at Gnesen.
Expectation of the end of the world causes the sowing of seed and other agricultural work to be neglected; famine ensues therefrom.