Technology & Infrastructure in the 10th century

17 sourced entries, 901 CE to 984 CE, oldest first. Also see Technology & Infrastructure across every century or everything else in the 10th century.

• 901The first written mention is made of Shrewsbury (West Midlands).source
• 901In China, Fuzhou City (Fujian Province) is expanded, with the construction of a new city wall ("Luo City").source
• 903King Louis IV ("the Child") promulgates the Raffelstetten customs regulations, a legal document for a toll-bridge on the Danube River in Asten (modern Austria).source
• 913San Miguel de Escalada is built in León (Northern Spain) by orders of King García I (approximate date).source
• 927July 12 – King Æthelstan of Wessex receives the submission of High-Reeve Ealdred I of Bamburgh and probably also of Owain ap Dyfnwal, King of Strathclyde, at Eamont Bridge. He also secures a pledge from King Constantine II of Scotland, that he will not ally with the Viking kings. This summer also Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth and Owain of Glywysing and Gwent submit to the overlordship of Æthelstan at Hereford. The borders between England and Wales are set at the River Wye.source
• 941Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to the Sensō-ji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan, is erected.source
• 943The Trinity Bridge at Crowland, Lincolnshire is described, in the 'Charter of Eadred'.source
• 947Horsham, a market town on the upper reaches of the Aran River in West Sussex, is first mentioned in 'King Eadred's land charter' (see History of Horsham).source
• 953The town of Póvoa de Varzim is first mentioned during the rule of Mumadona Dias, countess of Portugal, under the name Villa Euracini.source
• 961The Tiger Hill Pagoda (or Huqui Tower) is built in the city of Suzhou, located in Jiangsu Province (Eastern China).source
• 970The oldest preserved document (by Otto I) mentions Leibnitz in Styria (modern Austria).source
• 974The city of Fuzhou, located in Fujian province, builds new city walls.source
• 979The city of Brussels is founded by Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine. He constructs fortifications (a castrum on an island) on the Senne River (modern Belgium).source
• 980King Harald Bluetooth orders the construction of the Viking ring fortress of Trelleborg (modern Denmark).source
• 981The Gommateshwara statue is built by Chavundaraya, minister and commander of the Ganga dynasty, in India (approximate date).source
• 981The first commercially made shaving soap sells for 3 dirhams (0.3 dinars).source
• 984Qiao Weiyue, a Chinese engineer, innovates the first known use of the double-gated canal pound lock during the Song dynasty, for adjusting different water levels in segments of the Grand Canal in China.source