1016
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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1016 by topic |
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Leaders |
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Gregorian calendar | 1016 MXVI |
Ab urbe condita | 1769 |
Armenian calendar | 465 ԹՎ ՆԿԵ |
Assyrian calendar | 5766 |
Balinese saka calendar | 937–938 |
Bengali calendar | 423 |
Berber calendar | 1966 |
English Regnal year | N/A |
Buddhist calendar | 1560 |
Burmese calendar | 378 |
Byzantine calendar | 6524–6525 |
Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3712 or 3652 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3713 or 3653 |
Coptic calendar | 732–733 |
Discordian calendar | 2182 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1008–1009 |
Hebrew calendar | 4776–4777 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1072–1073 |
- Shaka Samvat | 937–938 |
- Kali Yuga | 4116–4117 |
Holocene calendar | 11016 |
Igbo calendar | 16–17 |
Iranian calendar | 394–395 |
Islamic calendar | 406–407 |
Japanese calendar | Chōwa 5 (長和5年) |
Javanese calendar | 918–919 |
Julian calendar | 1016 MXVI |
Korean calendar | 3349 |
Minguo calendar | 896 before ROC 民前896年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −452 |
Seleucid era | 1327/1328 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1558–1559 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1142 or 761 or −11 — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1143 or 762 or −10 |
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Year 1016 (MXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- March 25 – Battle of Nesjar (off the coast of Norway): Olaf Haraldsson is victorious over former co-regent Sweyn Haakonsson, confirming his status as king of Norway.
- April 23 – Æthelred II (the Unready), king of England, dies after a 38-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Edmund II (Ironside).[1]
- Summer – Battle of Brentford (near London): Edmund II defeats the Danes under King Cnut the Great.[2]
- July 6 – Battle of Pontlevoy: French forces of Fulk III and Herbert I defeat Odo II which determines the balance of power in the Loire Valley.[3]
- October 18 – Battle of Assandun: Cnut the Great defeats Edmund II, leaving the latter as king of Wessex.[1]
- November 30 – Edmund II dies and Cnut the Great takes control of the whole of the Kingdom of England.[1]
- The Pisan and the Genoese republics launch a naval offensive against the Muslim strongholds of Sardinia, in particular Porto Torres, and defeat the fleet of the taifa king of Dénia, Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī.[4]
- Melus of Bari makes a second attempt against Byzantine-held Southern Italy. To support his cause, he hires Norman mercenaries, unwittingly triggering the rise of Norman rule over southern Italy.[5]
- Georgius Tzul, ruler of Khazaria, is captured by a combined Byzantine Empire–Kievan Rus' force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence.
Arabian Empire
- January 7 – Fath al-Qal'i, governor of the Citadel of Aleppo, revolts against Emir Mansur ibn Lu'lu', forcing him to flee. Fath accepts an agreement with Salih ibn Mirdas and takes control of Aleppo.
Asia
Births
- April 3 – Xing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 1055)
- June 9 – Deokjong, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1034)
- July 25 – Casimir I (the Restorer), duke of Poland (d. 1058)
- August 24 – Fujiwara no Genshi, Japanese empress (d. 1039)
- October 28 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)
- Cao, empress and regent of the Song Dynasty (d. 1079)
- Edward the Exile, son of Edmund II (Ironside) (d. 1057)
- Không Lộ, Vietnamese Zen master (approximate date)
- Minamoto no Tsunenobu, Japanese nobleman (d. 1097)
- Svein Knutsson, king of Norway (d. 1035)
- Yan Vyshatich, Kievan nobleman (d. 1106)
Deaths
- April 23 – Æthelred II (the Unready), king of England
- May 22 – Jovan Vladimir, Serbian prince (b. 990)
- October 18
- Ælfric of Hampshire, English nobleman
- Eadnoth I (the Younger), bishop of Dorchester
- Ulfcytel Snillingr, English nobleman
- November 30 – Edmund II (Ironside), king of England
- Badis ibn Mansur, Muslim emir of the Zirid Dynasty
- Henry II (the Good), count of Stade (b. 946)
- Liu Chenggui, official of the Song Dynasty (b. 951)
- Simeon of Mantua, Armenian Benedictine monk
- Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, caliph of Córdoba
- Uhtred the Bold, English nobleman
- Wulfgar of Abingdon, English abbot
References
Sources
- Ambraseys, N. (2009). Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East: A Multidisciplinary Study of Seismicity up to 1900 (First ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 259, 260. ISBN 978-0521872928.
- Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia (in Italian). Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 33. ISBN 978-8882895297.
- Kleinhenz, Christopher, ed. (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. 1. Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-0415939294.
- Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd / Barrie & Jenkins. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0712656160.
- Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0304357307.
- Bradbury, Jim (2004). The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare. ISBN 0-415-22126-9.
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