1005

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	970s  980s  990s  – 1000s –  1010s  1020s  1030s
Years:	1002 1003 1004 – 1005 – 1006 1007 1008

King Malcolm II of Scotland (c. 954–1034)

1005 (MV) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the fifth year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.

Events

• Malcolm II succeeds Kenneth III as king of Scotland.
• Pomerania revolts against the church.
• Schaffhausen starts minting its own coins.
• Spring – The Republic of Pisa conducts a military offensive against the Saracen strongholds in Southern Italy. The Pisan fleet sacks the city of Reggio Calabria. Pisa becomes one of the four commercial Maritime Republics (the other three are Genoa, Venice and Amalfi), which fight each other for control of the Mediterranean Sea.

Births

• King Macbeth of Scotland, Scottish royal (died 1057)

Deaths

• King Kenneth III of Scotland