Murder of Boris and Gleb
Vladimir's sons die in a feud and become the first saints of Rus'
After Vladimir the Great died in 1015, his sons Boris and Gleb were killed in the struggle for Kiev; the chronicle blames their brother Sviatopolk, called the Accursed. In 1019 Yaroslav the Wise drove Sviatopolk out, and Boris and Gleb became the first saints of Rus', revered as passion-bearers.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- c. 1000 Stephen I, first king of Hungary — 15 years earlier
Middle East
- 1010 Ferdowsi completes the Shahnameh — 5 years earlier
- 1025 Avicenna's Canon of Medicine — 10 years later
Africa
- c. 1000 Extinction of the elephant birds — 15 years earlier
- 1006 Supernova SN 1006 — 9 years earlier
Asia
- c. 1010 The Tale of Genji — 5 years earlier
- 1010 The Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur — 5 years earlier
Americas
- 1021 Norse in North America — 6 years later
Alive at the time
- Vladimir the Great (aged 55)
- Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (aged 35)
- Ferdowsi (aged 75)
- Æthelred the Unready (aged 49)
- Leif Erikson (aged 45)
- Yaroslav the Wise (aged 37)
- Cnut the Great (aged 20)
- Edward the Confessor (aged 12)
- Sei Shōnagon (aged 49)
- Robert II the Pious (aged 43)