1020s
The 1020s was the third decade of the 11th century.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
Decades: | 990s 1000s 1010s – 1020s – 1030s 1040s 1050s |
Years: | 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 |
Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
- 1021 – The Moorish taifa (state) of Valencia (in modern Spain) becomes independent, after being ruled by Slavic soldiers for about ten years.
- 1024 – The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire is founded by Conrad II.
- 1024 – John XIX succeeds his brother as Pope
- 1027 – On March 26, Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1027 – On May 14, Henri I is crowned king of France at Reims Cathedral.
- 1027 – Aldred becomes abbot of Tavistock.
- 1027 – Start of the Tibetan calendar.
- 1028 – On November 12, dying Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire marries his daughter Zoe of Byzantium to his chosen heir Romanus Argyrus.
- 1028 – On November 15, Romanus Argyrus becomes Eastern Roman Emperor as Romanus III.