History
1020
General
Population: 264 Million*
- Entertainment: Japanese court lady Murasaki Shikibu finishes writing Take of Genji
- Medicine: Ibn Sina (Avicenna) compiles Canon of Medicine and also writes work on erosion
- Deaths: Firdausi the PErsian Poet, English Benedictine abbot and author Aelfric,
Asia
- Japan: Japanese court lady Murasaki Shikibu finishes writing Take of Genji
Europe
- General: Faroes, Shetlands, and Orkneys recognize Olaf Haraldsson as king
- France: Crypt of Chartres Cathedral created
- German States: Rebellion of Bernard II Duke of Saxony
Bamberg Cathedral consecrated by pope
- Italian States: Pisa annexes Corsica
Rise of Italian city-states
- Poland: Boleslav I of Poland creates unified state
- Russia: Jaroslav the Wise of Kiev codifies Russian law and builds cities, schools, and churches