1030s

This is a list of events occurring in the 1030s, ordered by year.

1030

By place

Europe

• July 29 – Battle of Stiklestad (Norway): Olaf II of Norway loses to his pagan vassals and is killed in the battle. He is later canonized and becomes the patron saint of Norway and Rex perpetuum Norvegiae ('the eternal king of Norway').
• The cities of Kaunas in Lithuania and Tartu in Estonia are founded.
• Earliest mention of Thalwil, Switzerland.
• Henry I of France revolts against his father Robert.

Asia

• The Song Dynasty Chinese historian and scholar Ouyang Xiu obtains his jinshi degree at the age of only 22 by passing the highest level examinations in the country (his third attempt), leading him into a distinguished path as a scholar-official.
• Byzantine Emperor Romanus III invades Syria.
• Masud seizes the throne of the Ghaznavid Empire after the death of his father Mahmud.

1032

By place

Europe

• October 21 – Benedict IX succeeds John XIX, as the 145th pope.
• The first mention of the city of Kursk.

1033

By place

Europe

• February 2 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes King of Burgundy.
• Panic spreads throughout Europe that the end of the universe may be near, on the supposed 1,000th anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ, due to some unusually harsh spring weather. The Book of Revelation predicts the end of the earth after a 1000 year period.^[1]

1034

By place

Byzantine Empire

• April 11 – Empress Zoe of Byzantium marries her chamberlain and elevates him to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael IV.

Europe

• Franche-Comté becomes subject to the Holy Roman Empire.
• In al-Andalus, benefiting from the weakening of the Muslim central authority, the count of Portugal, Gonçalo Maia, conquers Montemor o Velho.

Asia

• The heir to the displaced Balhae kings revolts against the Liao Dynasty, and flees to Goryeo when defeated.

Africa

The Pisan take Annaba on the Maghribi coast and occupy the city one year.^[2]

1035

By place

Europe

• Pisa launches a naval assault against the Saracen pirates strongholds in the Lipari Islands.^[3]
• Harald I becomes king of England.
• Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark.
• Magnus I becomes king of Norway.
• William II (the future William I of England) becomes duke of Normandy.
• Construction on the cathedral of Saint Sabino begins in Bari.
• Koper is awarded town rights.
• The first Freimarkt festival is held in Bremen.

1036

By place

Europe

• A Zirid attack in Sicily takes Palermo from the Normans but fails to fully reconquer the island.^[4]
• February 5 – Edward the Confessor's younger brother Alfred Aetheling is blinded and murdered in an apparent attempt to seize the throne of England from Harold I.

Japan

• Emperor Go-Suzaku ascends the throne of Japan.

By topic

Religion

• First appearance of the Flower Sermon in Buddhist literature

1037

By place

Europe

• Construction of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev is ended.
• Ferdinand I becomes the king of Castile and Leon.
• Harold I seizes the crown of England from his half-brother Harthacanute.
• George Maniaces begins a campaign against the Arabs in Sicily.

Asia

• The Song Dynasty Chinese rime dictionary of the Jiyun is published.
• Seljuq dynasty starts.

1038

By area

Europe

• The name of Versailles, then a small village, appears for the first time in a Medieval charter.
• In the Muslim kingdom of Zaragoza, the ruling Banu Tujibi clan is deposed by Suleiman Al-Mustain I ibn Hud who starts the Huddid dynasty which rules over the region for a century (possibly 1039).^[5]

Asia

• The Western Xia declare their independence from Liao China.

1039

By place

Europe

• June 4 – Henry III becomes King of Germany.
• The Abbey of Bec is founded.
• Bretislav I of Bohemia invades Poland.

Significant people

• Godwin, Earl of Wessex

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