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1030| 1000–1100 | Europe [sports] | ‘Tables’, or backgammon, is introduced to Europe by the Arabs (or reintroduced, as it is similar in name and appearance to the Roman game Tabula). It becomes extremely popular over the next few centuries. The name ‘backgammon’ is first used in the mid-17th century. | | 21 April 1030 | Ghaznavid Emirate, Afghanistan, Persia [births and deaths] | Mahmud III, emir of Ghazni 998–1030, an area covering modern Afghanistan and northeastern Persia, who conquered Kashmir, the Punjab, and much of Persia, also noted as a patron of the arts, dies in Ghazni (c. 59). | | 29 July 1030 | Norway [births and deaths] | Olaf II Haraldsson, Viking king 1015–30, and patron saint of Norway, who was the first to rule the entire country and who also introduced a religious code which became the country's first national legislation, dies in Stiklestad, Norway (c. 35). |
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