
Events 1020s – The Tale of Genji
1021 The Tale of Genji Events The Chinese capital city of Kaifeng has some half a million residents by this year. Including all those present in the nine designated suburbs, the population is over a million people. Vikings known to be occupying L’Anse aux Meadows on Newfoundland (island) The Chinese military has one million registered soldiers during the Song Dynasty, an increase since the turn of the 11th century After the Council of Orléans, King Robert II of France burns thirteen heretics at Orléans. These are the first burning victims for heresy. Japanese Kampaku (Regent) Fujiwara no Yorimichi holds horse racing at his mansion; the emperor attends. Cnut the Great sails from England to Norway with a fleet of 50 […]