Year 1015 (
MXV) was a
common year starting on Saturday
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of the
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts ...
.
Events
By place
Asia
* October – Influential Japanese statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga is appointed to be Associate Regent.
* November – The newly constructed Japanese imperial residence burns down.
* Peacocks arrive from the Chinese Song Empire to Fujiwara's mansion in Japan.
Europe
* July 15 – Vladimir the Great
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (; Christian name: ''Basil''; 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox ...
dies at Berestove after a 35-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Sviatopolk I as Grand Prince of Kiev
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
.
* Summer – King Cnut the Great of Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
launches an invasion of Mercia
Mercia (, was one of the principal kingdoms founded at the end of Sub-Roman Britain; the area was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as the Midlan ...
and Northumbria in England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
.
* Emperor Henry II launches a German expedition against Duke Bolesław I the Brave. He invades Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
, but is stopped by Bolesław's forces at Krosno, on the Oder River.
* Earl Eric Haakonsson outlaws berserker
In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers () were Scandinavian warriors who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English adjective ''wikt:berserk#Adjective, berserk'' . Berserkers ...
s in Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
.
* Olaf Haraldsson declares himself King of Norway.
Births
*
Andrew I ("the Catholic"), king of
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
(d.
1060)
*
Altmann, bishop of
Passau
Passau (; ) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the ("City of Three Rivers"), as the river Danube is joined by the Inn (river), Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.
Passau's population is about 50,000, of whom ...
(approximate date)
*
Ermesinda of Bigorre, queen of
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
(d.
1049)
*
Eustace II, count of
Boulogne (approximate date)
*
Ferdinand I, king of
León and
Castile (d.
1065)
*
Frozza Orseolo, margravine of
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
(d.
1071)
*
Harald Hardrada
Harald Sigurdsson (; – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet ''Hardrada'' in the sagas, was List of Norwegian monarchs, King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. He unsuccessfully claimed the Monarchy of Denma ...
, king of
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
(d.
1066)
*
Herman IV, duke of
Swabia (approximate date)
*
John Komnenos, Byzantine aristocrat (d.
1067)
*
Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (d.
1042)
*
Otto II, margrave of
Montferrat (approximate date)
*
Robert Guiscard, Norman
nobleman (d.
1085)
*
Roger de Beaumont, Norman nobleman (d.
1094)
Deaths
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
*
*2 BC – Caesar Augustus is granted the title ''pater patriae'' by the Roman Senate.
*AD 62, 62 – AD 62 Pompeii earthquake, Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
*756 – Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself E ...
–
Adelaide
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, German
abbess and saint
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I and Pope Pope John XII, John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1258 – Siege of Baghdad (1258), Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Kh ...
–
Gilbert of Meaux, French bishop
*
July 15 –
Vladimir the Great
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (; Christian name: ''Basil''; 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox ...
, Grand Prince of
Kiev
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
*
September 1 –
Gero II
Gero II (c. 975 – 1 September 1015 at Krosno OdrzaÅ„skie) was the eldest son of Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen, and Swanehilde of Saxony, Schwanehilde (Suanhild), daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony. He was therefore probably a grandson of ...
, margrave of the
Saxon Ostmark
*
September 12 –
Lambert I, count of
Louvain (b.
950)
*
December 14 –
Arduin of Ivrea, king of
Italy
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(b.
955)
*
December 20 –
Eido I, bishop of
Meissen (b.
955)
* ''date unknown''
**
Æthelmær the Stout, English
ealdorman
Ealdorman ( , )"ealdorman"
''Collins English Dictionary''. was an office in the Government ...
**
Al-Sharif al-Radi, Persian
Shi'ite scholar (b.
970)
**
Gavril Radomir, emperor (
tsar
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) of
Bulgaria
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**
Geoffrey (or Godfrey), count of
Eu (b.
962)
**
Herbert III, count of
Vermandois (b.
953)
**
Hugh III, count of
Maine
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(approximate date)
**
Ibn Furak, Muslim
imam
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and theologian (b.
941)
**
Irene of Larissa, empress (
tsarina) of Bulgaria
**
Liu Zong, Chinese official of the
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...
**
Masawaih al-Mardini, Syrian physician and writer
**
Morcar (or Morkere), English minister (''
thegn
In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn or thane (Latin minister) was an aristocrat who ranked at the third level in lay society, below the king and ealdormen. He had to be a substantial landowner. Thanage refers to the tenure by which lands were ...
'')
**
Owain ap Dyfnwal, king of
Strathclyde (
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
)
**
Rodulf of Ivry, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
**
Sigeferth (or Sigefrith), English chief minister
**
Vikramaditya V, Indian ruler of the
Chalukya Empire
References
Sources
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