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Berber forces under the command of Ali ibn Hammud march into Córdoba in July and depose the Ummayad caliph al-Mustain (see 1013). Ali accuses al-Mustain of having murdered the previous caliph, Hisham, and has him executed; he proclaims himself caliph and becomes the first non-Ummayad Spanish caliph (but see 1018).
The Battle of Ashingdon (Assundum) in Essex October 18 ends in defeat for English troops under the command of Edmund Ironside, son of Ethelred (Aethelred) II, at the hands of Danish forces led by Knut Sveinsson (Canute) (see Maldon, 991). Ethelred dies at London November 30 at age 48 after an ineffective 38-year reign in which he has tried to buy off the Danes (he will be remembered as Ethelred the Unready, a word derived from unraed, meaning "evil counsel"). His son Edmund Ironside is chosen king by Londoners, while Canute is chosen by the witan at Southampton. Edmund's brother-in-law Edric deserted him last year in anger at his marriage to the widow of a Danish earl, and while Edric now rejoins the new king, his treachery has caused a rout of the English at Ashingdon. Canute permits Edmund to reign in the south until his death later in the year at age 26, whereupon Canute proceeds to conquer all of England.
The blind Japanese emperor Sanjo abdicates at age 40 and is succeeded by the 8-year-old son of the late Ichijo, who will reign until 1036 as Goichijo. Courtier Yorimichi Fujiwara, 24-year-old son of the strongman Michinaga Fujiwara, serves as regent for the new emperor and will control the government until 1068.
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This article is about the year 1016. For the number (and other uses), see 1016 (number).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s 990s 1000s – 1010s – 1020s 1030s 1040s |
| Years: | 1013 1014 1015 – 1016 – 1017 1018 1019 |
| 1016 by topic | |
| Lists of leaders | |
| State leaders | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1016 MXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1769 |
| Armenian calendar | 465 ԹՎ ՆԿԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5766 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -828–-827 |
| Bengali calendar | 423 |
| Berber calendar | 1966 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1560 |
| Burmese calendar | 378 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6524–6525 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年十一月十九日 (3652/3712-11-19) — to —
丙辰年十一月三十日(3653/3713-11-30) |
| Coptic calendar | 732–733 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1008–1009 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4776–4777 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1072–1073 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 938–939 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4117–4118 |
| Holocene calendar | 11016 |
| Iranian calendar | 394–395 |
| Islamic calendar | 406–407 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 1016 MXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3349 |
| Minguo calendar | 896 before ROC 民前896年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1559 |
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Year 1016 (MXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- Emperor Go-Ichijō succeeds Emperor Sanjō on the throne of Japan.
- Earthquakes partly destroy the Dome of the Rock.
Europe
- October 18 – Battle of Ashingdon: The Danes under Canute the Great defeat the English under Edmund Ironside.
- November 30 – After Edmund's death, Canute is left as the sole ruler of England.
- George Tsul, ruler of Khazaria, is captured by a combined Byzantine–Rus' force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence.
- Melus of Bari makes a second attempt against Byzantine-held Southern Italy. To support his cause, he hires Norman mercenaries. Unwillingly Melo triggers the rise of the Norman rule over Italy.[1]
- The Pisan and the Genoese republics launch a naval offensive against the Muslim strongholds of Sardegna, in particular Porto Torres and defeat the fleet of the taifa king of Denia, Mujahid al-Amiri al-Muwaffaq.[2]
- Edmund II is king of England after Ethelred's death.
- Battle of Brentford: Edmund II gains a temporary victory over Canute the Great.
- Canute of Denmark and Edmund II divide England.
- Battle of Nesjar (Norway): Olaf Haraldsson is victorious over Sveinn Hakonarson.
Births
- July 26 – Duke Casimir I of Poland (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel)
- Harold Harefoot (d. 1040)
Deaths
- April 23 – Ethelred the Unready, King of England
- November 30 – Edmund II, King of England
- Emperor Sanjō of Japan
- Badis ibn Mansur, third ruler of the Zirid dynaty in North Africa.
References
- ^ Kleinhenz, Christopher (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 0-415-93930-5. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1piMMqjAf1MC&dq=gran+tavola+bonsignori&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
- ^ Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 33. ISBN 88-8289-529-7.
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