1015

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	980s  990s  1000s  – 1010s –  1020s  1030s  1040s
Years:	1012 1013 1014 – 1015 – 1016 1017 1018

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1015 (MXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 11th century, and the 6th year of the 1010s decade. As of the start of 1015, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Portrait of Cnut the Great (c. 995–1035)

Events

• August: King Cnut the Great of Denmark launches an invasion of Mercia and Northumbria in England.
• Berserkers are banned in Norway.
• Olav Haraldsson becomes king of Norway.
• Sviatopolk succeeds Vladimir as prince of Kiev.