The Eastern Hemisphere 900 AD This page comprises of the years between 901 and 1000. So, a hundred years of events and births! These will be later on divided into decades, but not into any individual years. 900s - 910s - 920s - 930s - 940s - 950s- 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s Greenland is discovered by the Norseman Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, Al-Azhar University in Cairo is founded (970-972), reindeer and bears become extinct in Britain, the last wild lion is seen in Europe, Continue reading