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Year 1026 (MXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Europe

  • Aribert (archbishop of Milan) crowns Conrad II King of Italy.
  • Pietro Barbolano becomes Doge of Venice.
  • Henry the Black is made Henry VI, Duke of Bavaria by his father, Conrad II.
  • Battle of the Helgeå (off the coast of Sweden): Naval forces of Cnut the Great's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets.

    • Asia

  • A Zubu revolt against the Liao Dynasty is suppressed, with the Zubu forced to pay an annual tribute.

    • Births

  • Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (approximate date) (d. 1066)

    • Deaths

  • Henry of Luxemburg, duke of Bavaria
  • Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, queen of Aquitaine, regent of Gévaudan and Provence (b. 940)

    • References

    1026 Wikipedia
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