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The first millennium is a period of time which commenced on January 1, 1 and ended on December 31, 1000 of the Julian calendar. This millennium is the beginning of the Common Era for this calendar as there's no "year zero."
The early first millennium marks the peak of the Roman Empire and its subsequent decline. In analysis grouping history by period this same era is a period of transition also known as Late Antiquity, culminating in the transformation of the Eastern Roman Empire into the Byzantine Empire, while the Western Roman Empire collapses, giving rise to the Early Middle Ages.
As the millennium ages, Christianity and Islam rise to power in the 4th and 7th centuries, respectively. The late 1st millennium sees the Vikings incursions and settlements, founding of the Carolingian dynasties, and as the millennium closes, the gradual transition to what is known as the High Middle Ages. World population, which had tripled over the preceding millennium, grew more slowly during the thousand year era and could well have diminished. One optimistic estimate the world's population rose from approximately 170 to 300 million, but other estimates vary; one estimate suggests that the world population actually declined from 400 million people to 250 million people.

Events

Beginning (30s) and rise (4th century) of Christianity
Volcanic destruction of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae (AD 79)
In Albion — London founded by Romans as Londinium
Diaspora of the Jews (1st century)
The Olympic Games observed until 393
The Library of Alexandria, largest library in the world, burned
High point, and fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century)
Rise of the Byzantine Empire
Rise of the Bulgarian Empire
Rise of the Merovingian dynasty (5th century)
Germanic kingdoms established in Northern and Western Europe (Migration Period, Dark Ages)
Greek fire invented c. 670 in Constantinople
Beginning of Islam (7th century)
Maya civilization at its height
Three kingdoms in China
The height of Hindu culture in India under the Gupta Dynasty
The height of Tamil civilization under the Cholas. Indian colonization of South-East Asia.
Islamic conquest of the Middle East and North Africa
Viking raids common in northern Europe (Viking Age, from the 8th century)
Beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe
Rise of the Ghana Empire in Mauritania
Settlement of the Magyars in Hungary (800–900)
The Jelling stones (AD 958) are erected in Denmark; the stones are identified with the unification of Denmark as one nation

Significant people

Caesar Augustus, Roman emperor (63 BC–14)

Jesus of Nazareth, Rabbi and iconoclast apotheosized by the Christian religion; also viewed by the Islamic religion as having been a prophet (d. c. 29–33)

Paul of Tarsus (d. 67), central apostle of Christianity to the gentiles

Pliny the Elder (23–79), Roman author

Cai Lun (d. 121), Chinese inventor of paper

Plutarch (d. c. 127), Greek historian

Zhang Heng (d. 139), Chinese astronomer and mathematician

Ptolemy (c. 83-161), Greek astronomer and mathematician

Chandragupta (280–319), founder of the Indian Gupta Empire

Constantine I (d. 337), Roman emperor

Augustine of Hippo (354–430), theologian and Father of the Church

Attila (d. 453), Hunnic king and warlord

Theodoric the Great (454–526), king of the Goths and of Italy

Clovis I (466-511), united all the Frankish tribes under his rule

Aryabhata (b. 476), Indian astronomer and mathematician

Justinian I (482–565), Byzantine Emperor

Belisarius (c. 505–565), Byzantine general

Khosrau I (d. 579), Sassanid King of Persia

Muhammad (570–632), prophet and founder of Islam

Ali ibn Abu Talib (599-661) first Shi'a Imam

Saint Isidore of Seville (d. 636), archbishop and encyclopedist

Brahmagupta (d. 668), Indian mathematician and astronomer

Saint Bede (672 or 673–735) English historian

Abi Ishaq (d. 735) Arab grammarian

Charles Martel (d. 741), defeated the Arabs at Tours, 732

Li Bai (701-762), Chinese poet

Geber (c. 721-c. 815), Muslim chemist

Charlemagne (742-814), Frankish conqueror and founder of the Holy Roman Empire

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī (c. 780 – c. 850), Persian mathematician

Alfred the Great (c. 849–899)

Al Battani (850–923), Arab astronomer and mathematician

Simeon I (d. 927), Tsar of Bulgaria

Otto the Great (912–973)

Bjarni Herjólfsson, Norwegian explorer; first known European discoverer of the mainland of the Americas, sighted in 986.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Paper invented in China

Algebra developed in the Middle East

Coffee discovered in Ethiopia

Various horse-riding improvements including the horseshoe and the stirrup

Hops added to beer for the first time

Ptolemaic system used to describe the motion of the planets

Chess developed, gaining widespread use

Magnetic compass invented

Steel first used in India

Centuries and decades

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