Stephen crowned first King of Hungary
1000
On Christmas Day, the Magyar chieftain Vajk was anointed with a crown sent by Pope Sylvester II and reborn as Istvan. He welded a pagan steppe confederation into a Latin Christian kingdom, founding bishoprics and breaking the shamans who resisted his rule. The Holy Crown of Hungary would become the most sacred relic of the nation, venerated for a thousand years as the symbol of statehood itself.
In context
Also in 1000 (12 other events on record)
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- Murasaki Shikibu begins the Tale of Genji · East Asia · Culture
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- Cahokia begins its great expansion · North America · Culture
- Song Dynasty advances in rice cultivation · East Asia · Technology
- Gerbert of Aurillac reigns as Sylvester II · Europe · Science
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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