Olomouc
City · 1017 CE · in Europe
Capital of Margraviate of Moravia (1385–1414).
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- Faro (c. 1018 CE): Capital of Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve (1018–1051).
- Béjaïa (c. 1018 CE): Capital of Hammadid Dynasty (1018–1151).
- Almería (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Almería (1015–1147).
- Murcia (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Murcia (1015–1249).
- Huelva (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Saltés and Huelva (1015–1051).
- Granada (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Granada (1015–1090), Emirate of Granada (1241–1491).
- Morón de la Frontera (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Morón (1015–1065).
- Carmona (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Carmona (1015–1150).
- Arcos de la Frontera (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Arcos (1015–1071).
- Albarracín (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Albarracín (1015–1104).
Around the same time and place
- Christianization of Kievan Rus' (988 CE): Vladimir the Great adopted Orthodox Christianity from Byzantium and had the people of Kyiv baptised in the Dnieper.
- William the Conqueror (c. 1028 CE – 1087 CE): Duke of Normandy who conquered England in 1066 and became its first Norman king.
- East–West Schism (1054 CE): Break in communion between the Church of Rome and the Church of Constantinople, dividing Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
- Battle of Hastings (1066 CE): William, Duke of Normandy, defeated and killed King Harold II, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
- Trier (16 BCE – 1618 CE): Capital of Electorate of Trier (1333–1618).
- Varangians to the Greeks (c. 800–1100 CE): Scandinavian traders and warriors travelled from the Baltic up the Neva and Volkhov past Novgorod, portaged to the Dnieper and sailed down past Kiev to the Black Sea and Constantinople.
- Otto the Great (912 CE – 973 CE): German king who defeated the Magyars and was crowned emperor in Rome in 962; he was buried in Magdeburg.
- Basil II (958 CE – 1025 CE): Byzantine emperor, called the Bulgar Slayer, who conquered the First Bulgarian Empire and brought Byzantium to its medieval height.
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