1041

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1010s  1020s  1030s  – 1040s –  1050s  1060s  1070s
Years:	1038 1039 1040 – 1041 – 1042 1043 1044

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1041 (MXLI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1041st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 41st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 11th century, and the 2nd year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1041, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Michael V Kalaphates (c. 1015–1042)

Africa

• The Zirid dynasty turns down Shi'ite obedience and Fatimid rule and recognizes the Abbasids as their overlords.

Europe

• December 10 – Empress Zoe of Byzantium raises her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
• Worcester rebels against the naval taxes of Harthacanute.
• Edward the Confessor returns from exile to inherit Harthacanute. He reduces the Navy from 60 to 32 ships this year due to the tax burden.

Asia

• The number of enlisted soldiers in the Song Dynasty Chinese military reaches well over 1,250,000 troops, an increase since 1022 when there were a million soldiers.

Deaths

• December 10 – Michael IV, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1010)