ReligionThe 10th century

Religion in the 10th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 10th century — 10 of them, drawn from 10 nations, running from 900 to 996. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
10
Nations
10
Earliest
900
Latest
996
Europe
7
Africa
3

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Djibouti

    Zeila a centre of Islam and trade

    The port of Zeila, just south of present-day Djibouti, grows into one of the oldest Muslim towns of the Horn and a hub of Red Sea commerce serving the interior.

    Era: Ancient Trade and the Coming of Islam

    Sources: History of Djibouti · Wikipedia, Djibouti · New World Encyclopedia

  2. Africa

    Somalia

    Islam established on the Somali coast

    Trade and migration across the Gulf of Aden carry Islam to the Horn, and Muslim merchant communities take root in the coastal towns that become Somalia's medieval city-states.

    Era: Islam, the Coastal City-States and the Adal Sultanate

    Sources: Somalia (country and history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Somalia · Wikipedia

  3. Africa

    Tunisia

    Fatimid Caliphate

    The Shia Fatimids overthrow the Aghlabids; after moving to Cairo in 972 they leave the Zirids to govern locally.

    Era: Islam, Kairouan & the Medieval Dynasties

    Sources: The Great Mosque of Kairouan · Smarthistory, History of Tunisia · Wikipedia

  4. Europe

    Czechia

    Martyrdom of Saint Wenceslas

    Wenceslas (Vaclav), Premyslid duke of Bohemia and promoter of Christianity, was murdered by his brother and was at once venerated as a martyr, becoming the patron saint of the Czech nation.

    Era: Great Moravia, Saint Wenceslas and the Premyslid Dukes

    Sources: Wenceslas I, prince of Bohemia (Saint Wenceslas) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. Europe

    Denmark

    Christianization of the Danes

    Harald Bluetooth accepted Christianity around 965, the official start of Denmark's conversion, binding the new kingdom to Latin Christendom and to the wider culture of medieval Europe.

    Era: The Viking Age and the Birth of the Kingdom

    Sources: Harald I, king of Denmark · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Jelling Stone · National Museum of Denmark

  6. Europe

    Poland

    The Baptism of Poland

    Duke Mieszko I accepted Christianity in the Latin rite, conventionally dated to 14 April 966, bringing his realm into Western Christendom and marking the traditional birth of the Polish state.

    Era: The Birth of the Piast State and the Christianization of Poland

    Sources: Mieszko I · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Historical Facts about the Baptism of Poland · Culture.pl (Adam Mickiewicz Institute)

  7. Europe

    Belarus

    Christianization of the Rus lands

    The conversion of Kievan Rus to Orthodox Christianity in the late tenth century bound Polotsk and the Belarusian lands to Byzantine Christendom and its written, ecclesiastical culture.

    Era: Polotsk and the Early East Slavs

    Sources: History of Belarus · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  8. Europe

    Russia

    Vladimir the Great adopts Orthodox Christianity

    Vladimir of Kiev is baptized and orders the mass baptism of his people in the Dnieper, adopting Byzantine Orthodox Christianity as the state religion and binding the Rus' to Constantinople's faith and culture.

    Era: Kievan Rus' and the Mongol Yoke

    Sources: Russia · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Christianization of Kievan Rus' · Wikipedia

  9. Europe

    Ukraine

    The Baptism of Rus'

    Grand Prince Volodymyr the Great adopted Christianity in the Byzantine rite and had the people of Kyiv baptized, bringing Rus' into Eastern Christendom and shaping the culture of the East Slavs.

    Era: Kievan Rus' and the Baptism of 988

    Sources: Vladimir I (Volodymyr the Great) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Kyivan Rus · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  10. Europe

    Hungary

    Pannonhalma Abbey founded

    Benedictine monks settled at Pannonhalma, founding Hungary's first Christian monastery; it would help convert the Magyars, found the country's first school and, in 1055, produce the first document written in Hungarian.

    Era: The Magyar Conquest and the Christian Kingdom

    Sources: Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment · UNESCO World Heritage Centre