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England's Ethelred (Aethelred) II invades South Wales; the Danes take Canterbury in his absence, begin a sack of the town September 8, and seize the 57-year-old archbishop Elphege (Aelfheah).
The Japanese emperor Ichijo dies at age 31 after a 15-year reign and is succeeded by his cousin, 35, who will reign until 1016 as Sanjo but begins to lose his eyesight almost immediately.
China's third Song (Sung) dynasty emperor Zhen Zong (Chen Tsung) decrees that temples to Confucius be built in all district cities. Claiming divine revelation, the emperor has created a number of new cults in which rival Buddhist and Daoist (Taoist) beliefs have been fused.
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This article is about the year 1011. For the number (and other uses), see 1011 (number).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s 990s 1000s – 1010s – 1020s 1030s 1040s |
| Years: | 1008 1009 1010 – 1011 – 1012 1013 1014 |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1011 MXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1764 |
| Armenian calendar | 460 ԹՎ ՆԿ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5761 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -833–-832 |
| Bengali calendar | 418 |
| Berber calendar | 1961 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1555 |
| Burmese calendar | 373 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6519–6520 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年十一月廿四日 (3647/3707-11-24) — to —
辛亥年十二月初四日(3648/3708-12-4) |
| Coptic calendar | 727–728 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1003–1004 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4771–4772 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1067–1068 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 933–934 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4112–4113 |
| Holocene calendar | 11011 |
| Iranian calendar | 389–390 |
| Islamic calendar | 401–402 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 1011 MXI |
| Korean calendar | 3344 |
| Minguo calendar | 901 before ROC 民前901年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1554 |
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Year 1011 (MXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- June 11 – the Byzantine army under the catapan Basil Mesardonites takes Bari from the rebellious Lombard lord Melus.[1]
- Danes capture Canterbury, taking Alphege, the Archbishop of Canterbury as a prisoner.[2]
- Byrhtferth of Ramsey writes his Manual, on the subject of time.[2]
- The German king Henry II enfeoffes Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia with the Carinthian duchy, including the rule over the March of Verona (or in 1012).
- Ermengol II succeeds Ermengol I as Count of Urgell
- Albert II, Count of Namur succeeds Albert I
Middle East
- Baghdad Manifesto: Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah's descent from Ali ibn Abi Talib is disputed.
- Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen), a famous Persian scientist working in Egypt, feigns madness in fear of angering Al-Hakim, and is kept under house arrest until 1021. During this time he begins writing his influential Book of Optics.
- In Georgia, Bagrat III dispossesses Sumbat III of Klarjeti, who dies thereafter.
Eastern Asia
- The Chinese Guangyun rime dictionary is compiled under Emperor Zhenzong of Song.
- Emperor Sanjō ascends to the throne of Japan.
Births
- Eleanor of Normandy, a Norman noblewoman and the daughter of Richard II of Normandy (possible date; d. after 1071)
- Ralph the Staller, earl of East Anglia (d. 1068)
- Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1076)
- Shao Yong, Song Dynasty philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian (d. 1077)
Deaths
- February 23 – Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz and a statesman of the Holy Roman Empire (b. c. 940)
- November 21 – Emperor Reizei of Japan (b. 950)
- December 12 or December 15 – Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia (b. c. 975)
- Emperor Ichijō of Japan (b. 980)
- Albert I, Count of Namur (b. c. 950)
- Armentarius, Galician bishop (b. 983)
- Sumbat III of Klarjeti, Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and the last sovereign of Klarjeti[3]
- Yohannan V, Patriarch of the Church of the East
References
- ^ Norwich, John Julius (1967). The Normans in the South 1016-1130. London: Longmans.
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 48–49. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 498. Georgetown University Press.
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