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The Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich II dies at his castle of Grona near Göttingen July 13 at age 51 after a 10-year reign (preceded by 12 years as German king). He is buried in the cathedral at Bamberg and succeeded as king of the Germans and Roman emperor by his son, 34, who will reign until 1039 as Conrad II, founding the Franconian (or Salic) dynasty that will rule until 1125.
Poland's Boleslav I strengthens his independence from imperial control by having himself crowned by the archbishop of Gniezno December 25 in a papally-sanctioned coronation ceremony.
Norway's Olaf II Haraldsson and his ecclesiastical adviser introduce a religious code at Moster: it constitutes the country's first national code of laws.
Pope Benedict VIII dies at Rome in April or May and is succeeded by his greedy layman brother, who will reign until 1032 as John XIX as the Tusculani family retains control of the papal throne.
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In the year 1024
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The castle of Fougéres in northern Brittany, France, is built of red masonry. See also 1008 Construction; 1050 Construction.
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This article is about the year 1024. For the number (and other uses), see 1024 (number).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 990s 1000s 1010s – 1020s – 1030s 1040s 1050s |
| Years: | 1021 1022 1023 – 1024 – 1025 1026 1027 |
| 1024 by topic | |
| Lists of leaders | |
| State leaders | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1024 MXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1777 |
| Armenian calendar | 473 ԹՎ ՆՀԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5774 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -820–-819 |
| Bengali calendar | 431 |
| Berber calendar | 1974 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1568 |
| Burmese calendar | 386 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6532–6533 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年十一月十七日 (3660/3720-11-17) — to —
甲子年十一月廿八日(3661/3721-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 740–741 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1016–1017 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4784–4785 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1080–1081 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 946–947 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4125–4126 |
| Holocene calendar | 11024 |
| Iranian calendar | 402–403 |
| Islamic calendar | 414–415 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3357 |
| Minguo calendar | 888 before ROC 民前888年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1567 |
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Year 1024 (MXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire is founded by Conrad II.
- April 19 – Pope John XIX succeeds Pope Benedict VIII (his brother) as the 144th pope.
- After several years in the Peninsula, Roger of Toeni, a Norman knight, leaves the battlefields of the Ebro Vally and heads back to France. It ends what historians have described as a early crusade.[1]
Asia
- The world's first paper-printed money, which later greatly benefits the economy of the Song Dynasty, originates in the Sichuan province of China.
- Emperor Mahmud of Ghazni sacks the Hindu religious center of Somnath, slaughtering over 50,000 people and carrying off vast amounts of treasure.
Births
- April/June - King Magnus I of Norway (d. 1047)
- May 13 - Abbot Hugh of Cluny (d. 1109)
- date unknown
- Bruno II, margrave of Friesland (d. 1057)
- Grand Prince Iziaslav I of Kiev (d. 1078)
Deaths
- January - Abd ar-Rahman V, Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba (murdered)
- April 9 – Pope Benedict VIII
- July 13 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 972)
- December - Sultan al-Daula, Buyid amir of Fars (b. 993)
- date unknown
- Alpert of Metz, Benedictine chronicler
- Cúán úa Lothcháin, Irish poet
References
- ^ Boissonade, B.. "Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)". Bulletin Hispanique 36 (1): 5–28. http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/hispa_0007-4640_1934_num_36_1_2607.
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