The 1040s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1040, and ended on December 31, 1049.
Significant people
* King
Macbeth of Scotland (d.
1057
Year 1057 ( MLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* June 8 – General Isaac Komnenos proclaims himself emperor in Paphlagonia ...
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Godwin, Earl of Wessex (d.
1053
Year 1053 ( MLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* End of the Pecheneg Revolt: Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos makes peace with ...
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El Cid
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. Fighting with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ''al-sīd'', which would evolve into El ...
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1040
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 ...
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Yaroslav I the Wise
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Al-Qa'im (caliph of Baghdad)
References
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