Timeline charts · 284 events · 1013–2025

A Thousand Years of War

Sieges, battles, invasions and treaties across ten centuries, as one continuous chronology sectioned by century.

A Thousand Years of War

284 events · 1013-2025 · Saeculum · sample of the first 8 rows

A Thousand Years of War. Sieges, battles, invasions and treaties across ten centuries, as one continuous chronology sectioned by century.
DateEventRegionTheme
1000-1099
1013Sweyn Forkbeard conquers EnglandEuropeWar
1014Rajendra Chola begins northern campaignSouth AsiaWar
29 Jul 1014Battle of KleidionEuropeWar
18 Oct 1016Battle of AssandunEuropeWar
1018Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria completeEuropeWar
1019Rajendra Chola reaches the GangesSouth AsiaWar
1025Rajendra Chola's fleet strikes SrivijayaSoutheast AsiaWar
Jan 1026Mahmud of Ghazni raids Somnath templeSouth AsiaWar

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