1016
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s 990s 1000s – 1010s – 1020s 1030s 1040s |
| Years: | 1013 1014 1015 – 1016 – 1017 1018 1019 |
Events
By place
Asia
- March 10 – Emperor Sanjō gives up the throne of Japan and soon afterwards is replaced by his cousin Emperor Go-Ichijō, aged about 8.
- Earthquakes partly destroy the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Europe
- March 25 – Battle of Nesjar (off the coast of Norway): Olaf Haraldsson is victorious over former co-regent Sweyn Haakonsson confirming his status as King of Norway.
- April 23 – Æthelred, King of England, dies, and is replaced by his son Edmund Ironside.[1]
- c. May – Battle of Brentford (near London): King Edmund defeats the Danes under Cnut, Prince of Denmark.[2]
- October 18 – Battle of Ashingdon: Cnut defeats Edmund, leaving the latter as king of Wessex only.[1]
- November 30 – King Edmund dies and Cnut takes control of the whole of the Kingdom of England.[1]
- The Pisan and the Genoese republics launch a naval offensive against the Muslim strongholds of Sardegna, in particular Porto Torres and defeat the fleet of the taifa king of Denia, Mujahid al-Amiri al-Muwaffaq.[3]
- Melus of Bari makes a second attempt against Byzantine-held Southern Italy. To support his cause, he hires Norman mercenaries, unwittingly triggering the rise of Norman rule over southern Italy.[4]
- Georgius Tzul, ruler of Khazaria, is captured by a combined Byzantine Empire–Kievan Rus' force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence.
Births
- July 26 – Duke Casimir I of Poland (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel)
Deaths
- April 23 – Ethelred the Unready, King of England
- November 30 – Edmund II, King of England
- Emperor Sanjō of Japan
- Badis ibn Mansur, third ruler of the Zirid dynasty in North Africa.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History (2005). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-304-35730-7.
- ↑ Palmer, Alan Warwick. The Chronology of British History (1992). London: Century Ltd. p. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
- ↑ Benvenuti, Gino. Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia (1985). Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 33. ISBN 978-88-8289-529-7.
- ↑ Kleinhenz, Christopher. Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia (2010). New York: Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-415-93930-0.