1010

1010 (MX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 2nd millennium, the 10th year of the 11th century, and the 1st year of the 1010s decade. As of the start of 1010, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	980s  990s  1000s  – 1010s –  1020s  1030s  1040s
Years:	1007 1008 1009 – 1010 – 1011 1012 1013

Europe

• The city of Yaroslavl is said to have been founded.
• Hisham II the Nephast is restored as Umayyad caliph of Córdoba, replacing Muhammad II al-Mahdi.
• Allied to Muslim rebels, the count of Barcelona robs and destroys Cordoba.

Asia

• The Lý Dynasty is started in Vietnam (or 1009) and moves the capital to Hanoi.
• Persian poet Ferdowsi finishes writing The Shahnameh (Book of Kings).
• The Goryeo king is unseated in a revolt, resulting in an invasion by the Liao Dynasty and the burning of the Korean capital Gaegyeong in the Second Goryeo-Khitan War.
• Song Zhun of Song Dynasty China completes the work of the earlier geographer Lu Duosun, a huge atlas of China that is written and illustrated in 1,556 chapters, showing maps of each region, city, town, and village. The atlas took 39 years to complete.

Americas

• Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America (approximate date).

Art

• The construction of Brihadeeswarar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, ends. Chola Dynasty, Early Medieval period.
• Rajaraja I and His Teacher, detail of a wall painting in the Brihadeeswarar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, is made. Chola Dynasty. Early Medieval period (approximate date).

Literature

• Lady Murasaki writes The Tale of Genji in Japanese (approximate date).
• Beowulf is written by an unknown writer (approximate date).

Technology

• Eilmer of Malmesbury attempts flight in a glider of his own construction.

Births

• May 30 – Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)
• June 2 – Benno, bishop of Meissen (d. 1106)
• King Bermudo III of León (d. 1037)
• Ali Ahmad Nasawi, (d. 1075)
• Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1041)
• Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg (d. 1088)
• Otto of Savoy (d. 1060)
• Adalbero of Würzburg, Bishop of Würzburg and Count of Lambach-Wels (d. 1090)

Deaths

• John Curcuas, Byzantine catepan of Italy
• Ælfric of Eynsham, English abbot
• Aimoin, French monk and chronicler