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  • June – Stephen I of Hungary forces the invading armies of the Holy Roman Empire, led by Conrad II, to retreat back to Germany.
  • July 29 – Battle of Stiklestad (Norway): Olaf II of Norway loses to his pagan vassals, and is killed in the battle. He is later canonized, and becomes the patron saint of Norway and Rex perpetuum Norvegiae ('the eternal king of Norway').
  • The city of Kaunas, Lithuania is founded.
  • The first mention is made of Tartu, Estonia, as Yaroslav the Wise of Novgorod and Kiev defeats the Chuds, and founds a fort named Yuryev (modern Tartu).
  • The earliest mention is made of Thalwil, Switzerland.
  • Henry I of France revolts against his father Robert.
    • Asia
  • The Song Dynasty Chinese historian and scholar Ouyang Xiu obtains his jinshi degree at the age of only 22, by passing the highest level examinations in the country (his third attempt), leading him into a distinguished path as a scholar-official.
  • Battle of Azaz: Byzantine Emperor Romanus III invades Syria, and is defeated.
  • Masud seizes the throne of the Ghaznavid Empire, after the death of his father Mahmud.

    • By place

    Europe
  • July 20 – Henry I becomes sole King of France, on the death of his father Robert II.
  • The Ummayyad Caliphate of Córdoba collapses.
  • Bezprym seizes the throne of Poland from Mieszko II.
  • France suffers from a famine (until 1033).
    • Middle East
  • Byzantine general George Maniaces captures Edessa.

    • By place

    Europe
  • October 21 – Benedict IX succeeds John XIX, as the 145th pope, while (probably) still in his teens.
  • The city of Kursk is mentioned for first time.

    • By place

    Europe
  • February 2 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes King of Burgundy.
  • Panic spreads throughout Europe that the end of the universe may be near, on the supposed 1,000th anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ, due to some unusually harsh spring weather. The Book of Revelation predicts the end of the earth after a 1,000 year period.

    • By place

    Byzantine Empire
  • April 11 – Empress Zoe of Byzantium marries her chamberlain, and elevates him to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, as Michael IV.
    • Europe
  • November 25 – King Malcolm II of Scotland dies in battle at Glamis. He is succeeded by Duncan, son of his second daughter, rather than Macbeth, son of his eldest.
  • Franche-Comté becomes subject to the Holy Roman Empire.
  • In al-Andalus, benefiting from the weakening of the Muslim central authority, the count of Portugal, Gonçalo Maia, conquers Montemor-o-Velho.
    • Asia
  • The heir to the displaced Balhae kings revolts against the Liao dynasty, and flees to Goryeo when defeated.
    • Africa
  • The Pisans take Annaba on the Maghribi coast, and occupy the city for one year.

    • By place

    Europe
  • Pisa launches a naval assault against the Saracen pirates strongholds in the Lipari Islands.
  • Harald I becomes king of England.
  • Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark.
  • Magnus I becomes king of Norway.
  • William II (the future William I of England) becomes duke of Normandy.
  • Construction on the cathedral of Saint Sabino begins in Bari.
  • Koper is awarded town rights.
  • The first Freimarkt festival is held in Bremen.

    • By place

    Europe
  • A Zirid attack in Sicily takes Palermo from the Normans, but fails to fully reconquer the island.
  • February 5 – Edward the Confessor's younger brother Alfred Aetheling is blinded and murdered, in an apparent attempt to seize the throne of England from Harold I.
    • China
  • The Tangut script is devised by Yeli Renrong, for Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia.
    • Japan
  • Emperor Go-Suzaku ascends the throne of Japan.

    • By topic

    Religion
  • Pope Benedict IX is briefly forced out of Rome, but returns with the help of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • The Flower Sermon first appears in Buddhist literature.

    • By place

    Europe
  • Construction of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev is ended.
  • Ferdinand I becomes the king of Castile and Leon.
  • Harold I seizes the crown of England from his half-brother Harthacanute.
  • George Maniaces begins a campaign against the Arabs in Sicily.
    • Asia
  • The Song Dynasty Chinese rime dictionary of the Jiyun is published.
  • The Seljuq Dynasty starts.

    • By place

    Europe
  • The name of Versailles, then a small village, appears for the first time in a medieval charter in France.
  • In the Muslim kingdom of Zaragoza, the ruling Banu Tujibi clan is deposed by Suleiman Al-Mustain I ibn Hud, who starts the Huddid Dynasty, which rules over the region for a century (possibly 1039).
    • Asia
  • The Western Xia declare their independence from Liao China.

    • By place

    Europe
  • June 4 – Henry III becomes King of Germany.
  • The Abbey of Bec is founded.
  • Bretislav I of Bohemia invades Poland.

    • Significant people

    Al-Qadir caliph of Baghdad

    Contents

    Abu Ja'far al-Qa'im caliph of Baghdad

    Al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah caliph of Cairo

    Godwin, Earl of Wessex

    Births

    1030

    July 21 – Kyansittha, king of the Pagan Empire (Burma)

    July 26 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków (d. 1079)

    Adelaide of Eilenburg, German noblewoman (approximate date)

    Anne of Kiev, French queen and regent (approximate date)

    Baldwin VI (the Good), count of Flanders (approximate date)

    Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Carthusian Order (d. 1101)

    Gerard (the Great), duke of Lorraine (approximate date)

    Gertrude of Saxony, countess of Holland (approximate date)

    Manegold of Lautenbach, German priest (approximate date)

    Romanos IV, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1072)

    Vsevolod I Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1093)

    Walter of Pontoise, French abbot (approximate date)

    William of Hirsau, German abbot (approximate date)

    1031

    March 26 – Malcolm III (Canmore), king of Scotland (d. 1093)

    Hoël II (or Houel), duke of Brittany (approximate date)

    Matilda of Flanders, queen consort of England (d. 1083)

    Muhammad ibn Ammar, Moorish poet and writer (d. 1086)

    Robert, Norman nobleman and Earl of Cornwall (d. 1095)

    Roger I (the Great Count), Norman nobleman (d. 1101)

    Shen Kuo, Chinese polymath scientist and engineer (d. 1095)

    Spytihněv II, duke of Bohemia (House of Přemyslid) (d. 1061)

    1032

    February 16 – Ying Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1067)

    September 3 – Go-Sanjō, Japanese emperor (d. 1073)

    September 14 – Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1101)

    Abe no Munetō, Japanese nobleman and samurai (d. 1108)

    Cheng Hao, Chinese neo-confucian philosopher (d. 1085)

    Donald III (the Fair), king of Scotland (approximate date)

    Ermengol III (or Armengol), count of Urgell (d. 1065)

    Gao, Chinese empress consort and regent (d. 1093)

    Gyrth Godwinson, English nobleman (approximated date)

    Hugh de Grandmesnil, Norman warrior and sheriff (d. 1098)

    Osbern FitzOsbern, bishop of Exeter (approximate date)

    Touzi Yiqing, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1083)

    Vratislaus II (or Wratislaus), king of Bohemia (d. 1092)

    1033

    Anselm, English archbishop and philosopher (d. 1109)

    Cheng Yi, Chinese neo-confucian philosopher (d. 1107)

    Conan II, duke of Brittany (approximate date)

    Fujiwara no Atsuie, Japanese nobleman (d. 1090)

    Fujiwara no Tadaie, Japanese statesman (d. 1091)

    Judith of Flanders, German duchess (approximate date)

    Theobald of Provins, French hermit and saint (d. 1066)

    Urraca of Zamora, Spanish noblewoman (d. 1101)

    1034

    Joscelin I de Courtenay, French nobleman (House of Courtenay)

    Khön Könchok Gyalpo, founder of Sakya Monastery (d. 1102)

    1035

    Dharma Pala, Indian ruler of the Pala dynasty (d. 1060)

    Richard fitz Gilbert, Norman nobleman (d. c.1090) (approximate date)

    Henry of Burgundy, French nobleman (approximate date)

    Hereward the Wake, English nobleman (approximate date)

    Hermann of Salm, German nobleman (approximate date)

    Isaac Albalia, Andalusian Jewish astronomer (d. 1094)

    Leofwine Godwinson, English nobleman (approximate date)

    Marbodius of Rennes, French archdeacon (approximate date)

    Nathan ben Jehiel, Italian Jewish lexicographer (d. 1106)

    Robert I, the Frisian, count of Flanders (approximate date)

    Urban II, pope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)

    1036

    Anselm of Lucca (the Younger), Italian bishop (d. 1086)

    Fujiwara no Hiroko, Japanese empress (d. 1127)

    Igor Yaroslavich, prince of Smolensk (d. 1060)

    Wang Shen, Chinese painter and poet (d. 1093)

    1037

    January 8 – Su Dongpo, Chinese calligrapher (d. 1101)

    Beatrice I, German abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1061)

    Hawise, duchess of Brittany (approximate date)

    1038

    Ibn Butlan, Arab Nestorian Christian physician (d. 1075)

    Isaac ibn Ghiyyat, Jewish rabbi and philosopher (d. 1089)

    Rostislav of Tmutarakan, Kievan Rus' prince (d. 1066)

    Sancho Garcés, Lord of Uncastillo, Spanish nobleman (approximate date)

    1039

    Helibo, Chinese nobleman and chieftain (d. 1092)

    Minamoto no Yoshiie, Japanese samurai (d. 1106)

    Robert de Stafford, Norman nobleman (approximate date)

    Sancho IV, king of Pamplona (approximate date)

    Su Zhe, Chinese politician and historian (d. 1112)

    Vseslav of Polotsk, Kievan prince (approximate date)

    Deaths

    1030

    January 10 – Thietmar, margrave of the Saxon Ostmark

    January 31 – William V (the Great), duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)

    March 10 – Welf II, German nobleman (Elder House of Welf)

    April 30 – Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (b. 971)

    July 19 – Adalberon, French bishop and poet (or 1031)

    July 29

    Bjørn Stallare, Norwegian servant and diplomat

    Olaf II Haraldsson (St. Olaf), king of Norway

    Torstein Knarresmed, Norwegian Viking warrior

    Al-Musabbihi, Fatimid historian and official (b. 977)

    Cú Mara mac Maic Liac, Irish poet and Chief Ollam

    Fan Kuan, Chinese landscape painter (approximate date)

    Gormflaith ingen Murchada, Irish queen (b. 960)

    Krešimir III, king of Croatia (Trpimirović Dynasty)

    Miskawayh, Persian official and philosopher (b. 932)

    Skapti Þóroddsson, Icelandic lawspeaker and skald

    Tadg in Eich Gil, king of Connacht (approximate date)

    William IV, count of Provence (approximate date)

    1031

    January 1 – William of Volpiano, Italian abbot (b. 962)

    January 5 – Gunnor, duchess consort of Normandy

    April 10 – Liudolf of Lotharingia, German nobleman

    June 17 – Hyeonjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 992)

    June 25 – Sheng Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 972)

    June 28 – Taira no Tadatsune, Japanese governor (b. 975)

    July 20 – Robert II (the Pious), king of France (b. 972)

    August 20 – Burchard, French archbishop and count

    September 2 – Emeric, Hungarian prince and co-heir

    September 9 – Kang Kam-ch'an, Korean general (b. 948)

    November 29 – Al-Qadir, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 947)

    Aribo, German archbishop and primate (Primas Germaniae)

    Fadl ibn Muhammad, Shaddadid emir of Ganja (Azerbaijan)

    Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab, Abbasid scholar and jurist (b. 973)

    Snorri Goði, Icelandic Viking warrior and chieftain (b. 963)

    1032

    July 28 – Constance of Arles, French queen

    July 29 – Matilda of Swabia, German duchess

    September 6 – Rudolph III, king of Burgundy[6]

    October 4 – Sancho VI, duke of Gascony

    Ahmad Maymandi, Ghaznavid vizier

    Arslan Yabgu, Turkic chieftain and ruler

    Bezprym (or Besfrim), duke of Poland

    Constantine Diogenes, Byzantine general

    Gille Coemgáin, king of Moray (Scotland)

    John XIX, pope of the Catholic Church[8]

    Li, Chinese consort and concubine (b. 987)

    Li Deming, Chinese rebel leader (b. 981)

    Odo II, margrave of the Saxon Ostmark

    Otto Orseolo (or Ottone), doge of Venice

    1033

    May 11 – Ebles I, French nobleman and archbishop

    Abu Talib Yahya, Muslim imam (Zaidiyyah sect) (b. 951)

    Ahmad Inaltigin, Ghaznavid general and rebel leader

    Ibno Al-Thahabi, Moorish encyclopedist and physician

    John VIII bar Abdoun, patriarch of Antioch (b. 944)

    Liu, empress and regent of the Song dynasty (b. 969)

    Merewith (or Beorhtwig), English abbot and bishop

    Otto Bolesławowic, Polish prince (House of Piast) (b. 1000)

    Rhydderch ap Iestyn, king of Gwent and Deheubarth

    1034

    February 21 – Hawise of Normandy, French duchess and regent

    March 21 – Ezzo (or Ehrenfried), German count palatine

    April 11 – Romanos III (Argyros), Byzantine emperor (b. 968)

    October 31 – Deokjong, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 1016)

    November 9 – Oldřich (or Odalric), duke of Bohemia

    November 19 – Theodoric II, margrave of Lower Lusatia

    November 25 – Malcolm II, king of Alba (Scotland)

    December 8 – Æthelric (or Brihtmær), English bishop

    Adémar de Chabannes, French monk and historian

    Ali ibn Hasan (Ali-Tegin), Karakhanid ruler (khagan)

    Amlaíb mac Sitriuc, Norse-Gaelic king of Dublin

    Bernard Roger, French nobleman (approximate date)

    Manuchihr I, Persian ruler (shah) of Shirvan

    Matilda of Franconia, daughter of Conrad II

    Mieszko II (St. Lambert), king of Poland

    Qian Weiyan, Chinese politician and poet

    Salim ibn Mustafad, Mirdasid rebel leader

    Samuel ben Hofni, Jewish rabbi and writer

    1035

    April 13 – Herbert I, French nobleman (approximate date)

    May 26 – Berenguer Ramon I, Spanish nobleman (b. 1005)

    May 30 – Baldwin IV ("the Bearded"), French nobleman (b. 980)

    July 3 – Robert I ("the Magnificent"), duke of Normandy (b. 1000) (approximate date)

    October 18 – Sancho III ("the Great"), king of Pamplona

    November 4 – Jaromír, duke of Bohemia (Přemyslid dynasty)

    November 12 – Cnut, king of Denmark, Norway and England

    Abu Ali ibn Muhammad, ruler (malik) of the Ghurid dynasty

    Astrid Olofsdotter, queen consort of Norway (House of Munsö)

    Drogo of Mantes, count of Valois and the Vexin (b. 996)

    Estrid of the Obotrites (or Astrid), queen consort of Sweden

    Guo, Chinese empress consort of Renzong (b. 1012)

    Harun, Ghaznavid governor and ruler (shah) of Khwarazm, assassinated

    Ibn al-Samh, Moorish astronomer and mathematician (b. 979)

    Svein Knutsson, king of Norway and son of Cnut the Great

    Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali, Hammudid caliph

    1036

    February 5 – Alfred Aetheling, Anglo-Saxon prince

    March 17 – Gebhard II, bishop of Regensburg

    May 15 – Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (b. 1008)

    June 12 – Tedald (or Theobald), Italian bishop

    June 13 – al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah, Fatimid caliph (b. 1005)

    August 25 – Pilgrim, archbishop of Cologne

    Abu Nasr Mansur, Persian mathematician (b. 960)

    Alric of Asti (or Adalric), Lombard bishop

    Berengar of Gascony, French nobleman

    Emilia of Gaeta, Italian duchess and regent

    Fujiwara no Ishi, Japanese empress (b. 999)

    Hárek of Tjøtta, Norwegian Viking chieftain

    Hisham III, Umayyad caliph of Córdoba (b. 973)

    1037

    September 4 – Bermudo III (or Vermudo), king of León

    November 15 – Odo II, French nobleman (b. 983)

    Abu'l-Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami, Persian poet

    Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Persian Shafi'i scholar

    Baba Kuhi of Shiraz, Persian Sufi mystic (b. 948)

    Avicenna, Persian physician and polymath (b. 980)

    Boleslaus III (the Red), duke of Bohemia

    Ding Wei, grand chancellor of the Song Dynasty

    Farrukhi Sistani, Persian poet (or 1038)

    John of Debar, Bulgarian clergyman and bishop

    Muhammad al-Baghdadi, Persian mathematician

    Muirgeas ua Cú Ceanainn, king of Uí Díarmata

    Robert II, French prelate and archbishop

    Siegfried II, German nobleman (b. 956)

    William III (Taillefer), French nobleman

    1038

    March – William VI, Duke of Aquitaine, French nobleman (b. 1004)

    March 28 – Hai Gaon, Jewish theologian (b. 939)

    April 23 – Liudolf of Brunswick, margrave of Frisia

    May 4 – Gotthard, bishop of Hildesheim (b. 960)

    May 22 – Shibl al-Dawla Nasr, Mirdasid emir of Aleppo

    July 6 – Ōnakatomi no Sukechika, Japanese poet (b. 954)

    July 18 – Gunhilda of Denmark, queen consort of Germany

    July – Herman IV, duke of Swabia (House of Babenberg)

    August 15 – Stephen I, king of Hungary

    November 1 – Herman I, Margrave of Meissen, German nobleman

    December 3 – Emma of Lesum, German noblewoman

    December 20 – Beorhtheah, bishop of Worcester

    Aethelnoth, archbishop of Canterbury

    Alice of Normandy, countess of Burgundy

    Al-Tha'alibi, Persian historian (b. 961)

    Budic of Nantes, French nobleman

    Ealdred, ealdorman of Bamburgh, murdered

    Ermengol II ("the Pilgrim"), count of Urgell

    Farrukhi Sistani, Persian poet (or 1037)

    Felix of Rhuys, Breton Benedictine abbot

    Habbus al-Muzaffar, Zirid ruler of Granada

    Kyiso, Burmese king of the Pagan Dynasty

    Ralph III of Valois (or Raoul), French nobleman

    1039

    March 10 – Odo of Gascony (or Eudes), French nobleman

    April 16 – William III, count of Weimar and Eichsfeld

    May 27 – Dirk III (or Theodoric), count of Holland

    June 4 – Conrad II ("the Elder"), Holy Roman Emperor[30]

    July 20 – Conrad II ("the Younger"), duke of Carinthia

    September 19 – Fujiwara no Genshi, empress of Japan (b. 1016)

    November 4 – Hugh of Chalon, French bishop

    November 29 – Adalbero, German nobleman

    Abu Nasr Mushkan, Persian statesman (or 1040)

    Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, prince of Gwynedd

    Nathar Shah, Tamil mystic and preacher (b. 969)

    Regimbald, German abbot and bishop

    Reginar V (or Régnier), French nobleman

    Sophia I, German princess and abbess (b. 975)

    Unsuri, Persian poet and writer (or 1040)

    References

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