1031

1031 (MXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1031st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 31st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 11th century, and the 2nd year of the 1030s decade. As of the start of 1031, 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:	1000s  1010s  1020s  – 1030s –  1040s  1050s  1060s
Years:	1028 1029 1030 – 1031 – 1032 1033 1034

The Caliphate of Córdoba (green) ends.

Events

• Collapse of the Moorish Caliphate of Córdoba.
• Byzantine general George Maniaces captures Edessa.
• Henry I becomes King of France
• Bezprym seizes the throne of Poland from Mieszko II Lambert
• France suffers from a famine (until 1033).

Births

• King Malcolm III of Scotland, Scottish royal (died 1093)
• Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort of the Kingdom of England (died 1083)
• Roger I of Sicily, Count of Sicily (died 1101)

Deaths

• July 20 – King Robert II of France (b. 972)
• September 2 – Saint Emeric of Hungary