Furthermore, would a common peasant have known that it was about to be the year 1000, and would they have cared?
Not to discourage new discussion but this has been asked a few times and there are some good answers here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/13zo9q/were_there_any_new_millenium_celebrations_in_the/
Did anyone actually count the years? Like did vikings/nords know it was year 1000 since they didn't belive in jesus