1011
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s 990s 1000s – 1010s – 1020s 1030s 1040s |
| Years: | 1008 1009 1010 – 1011 – 1012 1013 1014 |
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1011 (MXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 11th century, and the 2nd year of the 1010s decade. As of the start of 1011, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
By place
Europe
- June 11 – the Byzantine army takes Bari from the rebellious Lombard lord Melus.[1]
- Danes capture Canterbury, taking Alphege, the Archbishop of Canterbury as a prisoner.[2]
- Byrhtferth of Ramsey writes his Manual, on the subject of time.[2]
- The German king Henry II gives Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia the Carinthian duchy, including the rule over the March of Verona (or in 1012).
- Ermengol II succeeds Ermengol I as Count of Urgell
- Albert II, Count of Namur succeeds Albert I
Middle East
- Baghdad Manifesto: Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah's fall from Ali ibn Abi Talib is disputed.
- Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen), a famous Persian scientist working in Egypt, pretends to be crazy. He is kept under house arrest until 1021. During this time he begins writing his influential Book of Optics.
- In Georgia, Bagrat III takes away Sumbat III of Klarjeti power.
Eastern Asia
- The Chinese Guangyun rime dictionary is compiled under Emperor Zhenzong of Song.
- Emperor Sanjō gets the throne of Japan.
Births
- Eleanor of Normandy, a Norman noblewoman and the daughter of Richard II of Normandy (possible date; d. after 1071)
- Ralph the Staller, earl of East Anglia (d. 1068)
- Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1076)
- Shao Yong, Song Dynasty philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian (d. 1077)
Deaths
- February 23 – Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz and a statesman of the Holy Roman Empire (b. c. 940)
- November 21 – Emperor Reizei of Japan (b. 950)
- December 12 or December 15 – Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia (b. c. 975)
- Emperor Ichijō of Japan (b. 980)
- Albert I, Count of Namur (b. c. 950)
- Armentarius, Galician bishop (b. 983)
- Sumbat III of Klarjeti, Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and the last sovereign of Klarjeti[3]
- Yohannan V, Patriarch of the Church of the East
References
- ↑ Norwich, John Julius (1967). The Normans in the South 1016-1130. London: Longmans.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Palmer, Alan Warwick; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
- ↑ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 498. Georgetown University Press.