1038

1038 (MXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1038th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 38th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 11th century, and the 9th year of the 1030s decade. As of the start of 1038, 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:	1035 1036 1037 – 1038 – 1039 1040 1041

Europe

• The name of Versailles, then a small village, appears for the first time in a Medieval charter.
• In the Muslim kingdom of Zaragoza, the ruling Banu Tujibi family is removed by Suleiman Al-Mustain I ibn Hud who starts the Huddid dynasty which rules over the region for a century (possibly 1039).

Asia

• The Western Xia declare their independence from Liao China.

Deaths

• August 15 – Saint Stephen I, first king of Hungary
• October 29 – Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Alhazen, Persian mathematician
• William VI of Aquitaine

1038 Media

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  Peter Orseolo becomes king of Hungary