Year 1040 ( MXL) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

* Spring – Nikephoros Dokeianos, Byzantine governor of the Catepanate of Italy, is murdered by Lombard rebels at Ascoli. He is replaced by

Michael Dokeianos Michael Dokeianos ( el, Μιχαήλ Δοκειανός), erroneously called Doukeianos by some modern writers, was a Byzantine nobleman and military leader, who married into the Komnenos family. He was active in Sicily under George Maniakes ...

, who arrives in November with a Varangian army. * The

Emirate of Sicily The Emirate of Sicily ( ar, إِمَارَة صِقِلِّيَة, ʾImārat Ṣiqilliya) was an Islamic kingdom that ruled the island of Sicily from 831 to 1091. Its capital was Palermo (Arabic: ''Balarm''), which during this period became a ...

is divided and fragmented into small fiefdoms. The Arab nobles of

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

restore the regime of the Kalbids (approximate date). * August 22 - 23 – Battle of Brůdek: Duke Bretislav I of

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

defeats the German forces under King Henry III (the Black) in the Bohemian Forest. * Peter Delyan leads a rebellion against the Byzantine Empire and is proclaimed by the Bulgarian nobles as emperor (''

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'') Peter II in

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Britain

* March 17 – King Harold Harefoot dies at Oxford at the age of 24. His illegitimate son Ælfwine Haroldsson is left in his grandmother's care, Ælfgifu of Northampton. * June 17 –

Harthacnut Harthacnut ( da, Hardeknud; "Tough-knot"; – 8 June 1042), traditionally Hardicanute, sometimes referred to as Canute III, was King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 and King of the English from 1040 to 1042. Harthacnut was the son of King ...

lands at Sandwich and reclaims the throne of England which has been taken by Harald Harefoot (see

1035 Year 1035 ( MXXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * c. July 3 – 8-year-old William I becomes duke of Normandy after his father Robert ...

). *

August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...

– King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival

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, who succeeds him as king of Scotland.

Islamic world

* May 23 – Battle of Dandanaqan: The Turkmen Seljuqs defeat the Ghaznavid forces (50,000 men) led by Sultan Mas'ud I at Dandanaqan, a fortress city in the desert near Merv.

By topic

Religion

* Weihenstephan Abbey (''Kloster Weihenstephan'') in Germany, founds the oldest operating brewery. * The Shalu Monastery is founded by the Buddhist monk Chetsun Sherab Jungnay in Tibet.

Births

* February 22 – Rashi, French

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and writer (d.

1105 Year 1105 ( MCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant * February 28 – Raymond IV (Saint-Gilles) dies at his castle of Mons Peregrinus ("Pilgr ...

) * July 12 – Yun Gwan, Korean general (d.

1111 Year 1111 ( MCXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant * Battle of Shaizar: Sultan Muhammad I (Tapar) appoints Mawdud ibn Altuntash, Turkic governo ...

) * Adelaide of Hungary, duchess of

(d. 1062) * Alan Rufus, Norman nobleman (approximate date) * Alfonso VI, king of León and Castile (approximate date) *

Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad Al-Mu'tamid Muhammad ibn Abbad al-Lakhmi ( ar, المعتمد محمد ابن عباد بن اسماعيل اللخمي; reigned c. 1069–1091, lived 1040–1095), also known as Abbad III, was the third and last ruler of the Taifa of Sevi ...

, Abbadid emir of Seville (d.

1095 Year 1095 (Roman numerals, MXCV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March – Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, Alexios I (Komnenos) sen ...

) * Arnold of Soissons, French bishop (approximate date) * Blessed Gerard, founder of the Knights Hospitaller (d.

1120 Year 1120 ( MCXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Siege of Sozopolis: Byzantine forces under Emperor John II Komnenos conquer Sozopoli ...

) *

Bonfilius :''"Saint Bonfilius" can also refer to Buonfiglio dei Monaldi, one of the founders of the Servite Order.'' Bonfilius (c. 1040 – c. 1125) was an Italian saint, monk and bishop. He was born in Osimo, close to Ancona, and entered the Benedicti ...

, bishop of

Foligno Foligno (; Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is located so ...

(approximate date) * Conrad I, count of Luxembourg (approximate date) * Elimar I (or Egilmar), count of Oldenburg (d.

1112 Year 1112 ( MCXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring – Malik Shah, Seljuk ruler of the Sultanate of Rum, begins incursion ...

) * Ernulf, French Benedictine monk and bishop (d.

1124 Year 1124 ( MCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1124th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 124th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of ...

) * Gebhard III, bishop of Constance (approximate date) * Geoffrey III, French nobleman (approximate date) * Géza I (Magnus), king of Hungary (approximate date) * Guglielmo Embriaco, Genoese merchant (d.

1102 Year 1102 ( MCII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant * Spring – A Fatimid expeditionary force (some 20,000 men) invades Palestine and la ...

) *

Haziga of Diessen Haziga of Diessen, also known as ''Hadegunde'' ( – 1 August 1104) was a Countess consort of Scheyern. Her descent is not entirely clear. It is usually assumed that her father was Count Frederick II of Diessen. He was Vogt of the Cathedral ...

, German countess (approximate date) * Harald III, king of Denmark (approximate date) * Herman I, margrave of Baden (approximate date) *

Hugh I Hugh I may refer to: * Hugh I of Lusignan (c. 885–c. 930) * Hugh I, Count of Maine (died 933) * Hugh I, Viscount of Châteaudun (died 989 or after) * Hugh I of France (c. 939–996), a.k.a. Hugh Capet, first King of the Franks of the Capetian dy ...

, French nobleman (approximate date) * Hugh of Die, French bishop (approximate date) * Ibn Aqil, Persian theologian and jurist (d.

1119 Year 1119 (Roman numerals, MCXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant * June 28 – Battle of Ager Sanguinis: The Crusader army of the Princ ...

) *

Ida of Lorraine Ida of Lorraine (also referred to as Blessed Ida of Boulogne) () was a saint and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine and his wife Doda. Ida's grandfather was Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine and Ida's brother was ...

, French countess (approximate date) *

Ivo of Chartres Ivo of Chartres (also Ives, Yves, or Yvo; la, Ivo Carnutensis; 1040 – 23 December 1115), also known as Saint Ivo in the Roman Catholic Church, was the Bishop of Chartres, France from 1090 until his death, and an important canonist during the I ...

, French bishop (approximate date) * Ladislaus I, king of Hungary (approximate date) * Oddone Frangipane, Italian monk and hermit (d.

1127 Year 1127 ( MCXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * March 2 – Charles I (the Good), count of Flanders, is murdered; he leaves no chil ...

) * Odo I (or Eudes), French nobleman (d.

1086 Year 1086 ( MLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * October 23 – Battle of Sagrajas: Spanish forces under King Alfonso VI (the Brave) ...

) * Roger I, Norman nobleman (approximate date) *

Sikelgaita Sikelgaita (also ''Sichelgaita'' or ''Sigelgaita'') (1040 – 16 April 1090) was a Lombard princess, the daughter of Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno and second wife of Duke Robert Guiscard of Apulia. She commanded troops in her own right. Life Sh ...

, Lombard duchess of

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(d. 1090) * Wulfnoth Godwinson, English nobleman (d. 1094) * Xiao Guanyin, empress of the Liao Dynasty (d.

1075 Year 1075 ( MLXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Africa * The Kingdom of Mapungubwe is established, in modern-day South Africa. Byzantine Empire * ...

) * Zayn al-Din Gorgani, Persian physician (d.

1136 Year 1136 ( MCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant * Spring – Raymond of Poitiers, son of the late Duke William IX of Aquitaine, arri ...

)

Deaths

* January 17 – Mas'ud I, Ghaznavid sultan (b. 998) * March 3 – Cunigunde, Holy Roman Empress * March 17 – Harold Harefoot, king of England * May 29 – Renauld I, French nobleman *

June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...

– Fulk III, French nobleman (b. 970) *

– Duncan I, king of Scotland * October 1 – Alan III, duke of Brittany (b. 997) * Abu Hashim al-Hasan, Zaidi

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and ruler of

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* Abu Nasr Mushkan, Persian statesman (or

1039 Year 1039 ( MXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * June 4 – Emperor Conrad II (the Elder) dies of gout in Utrecht after a 12-year reign. ...

) *

Ali Daya Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Ubaydallah Sadiq ( fa, ابوالحسن علی بن عبیدالله صادق), commonly known as Ali Daya (علی دایا), was a tajik by origin commander who served under the early Ghaznavid rulers, but later fell out of fav ...

, Ghaznavid commander-in-chief *

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, Ghaznavid commander-in-chief * Bertha of Milan, Lombard duchess (approximate date) * Dietrich I, bishop of

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(approximate date) *

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, Norman nobleman (approximate date) *

Helias of Cologne Helias of Cologne, Irish abbot and musician, died 1040. Background Helias was a native of what is now County Monaghan, apparently been a monk at the monastery of Muckno which is now the parish around the town of Castleblayney. Trithemius states ...

, Irish abbot and musician * Hugh, Italian nobleman (approximate date) *

, count of Empúries and Peralada * Ibn al-Haytham, Arab astronomer (approximate date) *

John V John V may refer to: * Patriarch John V of Alexandria or John the Merciful (died by 620), Patriarch of Alexandria from 606 to 616 * John V of Constantinople, Patriarch from 669 to 675 * Pope John V (685–686), Pope from 685 to his death in 686 * J ...

, duke of

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(approximate date) * Maria of Amalfi, Lombard duchess (approximate date) * Nikephoros Dokeianos, Byzantine general * Unsuri, Persian poet and writer (or

) *

Yeshe-Ö Yeshe-Ö ( 959–1040) (spiritual names: Jangchub Yeshe-Ö, Byang Chub Ye shes' Od, Lha Bla Ma, Hla Lama Yeshe O, Lalama Yixiwo, also Dharmaraja ('Noble King') was the first notable lama-king in Tibet. Born as Khor-re, he is better known as Lh ...

, Tibetan

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-king (approximate date)

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