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political events

Poland's Boleslav I (the Brave) dies June 17 at age 58, leaving a nation that is one of Europe's most powerful, extending from the Elbe to the Bug and from the Danube to the Baltic, with Russia as her vassal (see 1024). Boleslav's 35-year-old eldest son is remarkable for his time in that he can read and write, knows both Greek and Latin, has probably ruled as his father's governor at Kraków since 1013, and will reign until his death in 1034 as Mieszko II, but other sons take parts of the country, and dynastic conflicts begin that will lose most of Boleslav's territorial gains to neighboring countries (see 1028).

The Byzantine emperor Basil II dies December 15 at age 69 after a 49-year reign in which he has amassed 300,000 pounds of gold in underground chambers and monopolized the royal-purple silk prized by European monarchs. Known as Bulgaroctonus (Bulgar-slayer), he is succeeded by his brother, who will reign until his death in 1028 as Constantine VIII.

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Transportation

A vessel wrecked off Serçe Limani, Turkey (opposite Rhodes), around this time is the earliest known evidence that seagoing wooden ships are being built in the modern way, starting with a keel and framework to which planking is added. Earlier ships were built by first joining planks together and then bracing the ship as needed. See also 1400 bce Transportation; 1300 Transportation.

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	990s  1000s  1010s  – 1020s –  1030s  1040s  1050s
Years:	1022 1023 1024 – 1025 – 1026 1027 1028

The eastern hemisphere in 1025AD.

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1025 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1025 MXXV
Ab urbe condita	1778
Armenian calendar	474 ԹՎ ՆՀԴ
Bahá'í calendar	-819 – -818
Berber calendar	1975
Buddhist calendar	1569
Burmese calendar	387
Byzantine calendar	6533 – 6534
Chinese calendar	甲子年十一月廿九日 (3661/3721-11-29) — to — 乙丑年十二月初九日 (3662/3722-12-9)
Coptic calendar	741 – 742
Ethiopian calendar	1017 – 1018
Hebrew calendar	4785 – 4786
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1080 – 1081
- Shaka Samvat	947 – 948
- Kali Yuga	4126 – 4127
Holocene calendar	11025
Iranian calendar	403 – 404
Islamic calendar	415 – 416
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3358
Thai solar calendar	1568
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Contents 1 Events 1.1 Europe 1.2 Asia 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

Europe

• April 18—Boleslaw I Chrobry is crowned as the first king of Poland.

Asia

• Srivijaya, a partly Buddhist kingdom based in Sumatra, is attacked by the Chola Empire of southern India in a dispute over trading rights in South-east Asia. It survives, but declines in importance.
• Constantine VIII succeeds his brother Basil II as Byzantine Emperor.

Births

• August 28—Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
• Anna Dalassena, Byzantine regent (d. 1102)

Deaths

• June 17—Boleslaw I Chrobry, King of Poland
• December 15—Basil II, Byzantine Emperor (b. 958)
• Ferdowsi, Persian author (Shahnama)

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