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Denmark and England's king Knute (Canute) fights off the kings of Norway and Sweden in their attempt to conquer Denmark. He begins a pilgrimage to Rome.
The Afghan sultan Mahmud of Ghazna returns home from his final military campaign, having reach Somnath on the southern coast of Gujurat and sacked the city along with its famous Hindu temple (see 1008), but although he has been the first to carry Islam into the heart of India he has never imposed his faith on the Indians and continues in fact to have a large contingent of Hindu troops in his army, with Indian officers in command.
Solmization in music (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la . . . ) is introduced by the Benedictine monk Guido Aretino (Guido d'Arezzo), 31, who will be credited with inventing the staff and pioneering the sol-fa system of naming the notes of the scale with the initial syllables of the hemistichs of a hymn composed in honor of St. John the Baptist (ut, re, mi, etc.) (see 1845).
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This article is about the year 1026.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 990s 1000s 1010s – 1020s – 1030s 1040s 1050s |
| Years: | 1023 1024 1025 – 1026 – 1027 1028 1029 |
| 1026 by topic | |
| Lists of leaders | |
| State leaders | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1026 MXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1779 |
| Armenian calendar | 475 ԹՎ ՆՀԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5776 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -818–-817 |
| Bengali calendar | 433 |
| Berber calendar | 1976 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1570 |
| Burmese calendar | 388 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6534–6535 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年十二月初十日 (3662/3722-12-10) — to —
丙寅年十一月二十日(3663/3723-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 742–743 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1018–1019 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4786–4787 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1082–1083 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 948–949 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4127–4128 |
| Holocene calendar | 11026 |
| Iranian calendar | 404–405 |
| Islamic calendar | 416–417 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3359 |
| Minguo calendar | 886 before ROC 民前886年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1569 |
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Year 1026 (MXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Archbishop Ariberto crowns Conrad II King of Italy in Milan.
- Pietro Barbolano becomes Doge of Venice.
- Henry VI becomes king of Bavaria (later Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor).
- The Battle of the Helgeå is fought in Scandinavia.
Asia
- A Zubu revolt against the Liao Dynasty is suppressed, with the Zubu forced to pay an annual tribute.
Births
- Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (approximate date) (d. 1066)
Deaths
- Henry of Luxemburg, king of Bavaria
References
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