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1040

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century 11th century 12th century
Decades:	1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s
Years:	1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043

1040 by topic
Leaders
Political entities State leaders Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
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1040 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1040 MXL
Ab urbe condita	1793
Armenian calendar	489 ԹՎ ՆՁԹ
Assyrian calendar	5790
Balinese saka calendar	961–962
Bengali calendar	447
Berber calendar	1990
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1584
Burmese calendar	402
Byzantine calendar	6548–6549
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3737 or 3530 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3738 or 3531
Coptic calendar	756–757
Discordian calendar	2206
Ethiopian calendar	1032–1033
Hebrew calendar	4800–4801
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1096–1097
- Shaka Samvat	961–962
- Kali Yuga	4140–4141
Holocene calendar	11040
Igbo calendar	40–41
Iranian calendar	418–419
Islamic calendar	431–432
Japanese calendar	Chōryaku 4 / Chōkyū1 (長久元年)
Javanese calendar	943–944
Julian calendar	1040 MXL
Korean calendar	3373
Minguo calendar	872 before ROC 民前872年
Nanakshahi calendar	−428
Seleucid era	1351/1352 AG
Thai solar calendar	1582–1583
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1166 or 785 or 13 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1167 or 786 or 14

Artwork of the Battle of Dandanaqan

Year 1040 (MXL) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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By place

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Europe

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Spring – Nikephoros Dokeianos, Byzantine governor of the Catepanate of Italy, is murdered by Lombard rebels at Ascoli. He is replaced by Michael Dokeianos, who arrives in November with a Varangian army.
The Emirate of Sicily is divided and fragmented into small fiefdoms. The Arab nobles of Palermo restore the regime of the Kalbids (approximate date).
August 22–23 – Battle of Brůdek: Duke Bretislav IofBohemia defeats the German forces under King Henry III (the Black) in the Bohemian Forest.
Peter Delyan leads a rebellion against the Byzantine Empire and is proclaimed by the Bulgarian nobles as emperor (tsar) Peter II in Belgrade.

Britain

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March 17 – King Harold Harefoot dies at Oxford at the age of 24. His illegitimate son Ælfwine Haroldsson is left in his grandmother's care, Ælfgifu of Northampton.
June 17 – Harthacnut lands at Sandwich and reclaims the throne of England which has been taken by Harald Harefoot (see 1035).
August 14 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth, who succeeds him as king of Scotland.

Islamic world

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May 23 – Battle of Dandanaqan: The Turkmen Seljuqs defeat the Ghaznavid forces (50,000 men) led by Sultan Mas'ud I at Dandanaqan, a fortress city in the desert near Merv.

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Religion

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Weihenstephan Abbey (Kloster Weihenstephan) in Germany, founds the oldest operating brewery.
The Shalu Monastery is founded by the Buddhist monk Chetsun Sherab JungnayinTibet.

Births

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February 22 – Rashi, French rabbi and writer (d. 1105)
July 12 – Yun Kwan, Korean general (d. 1111)
Adelaide of Hungary, duchess of Bohemia (d. 1062)
Alan Rufus, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
Alfonso VI, king of León and Castile (approximate date)
Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Abbadid emir of Seville (d. 1095)
Arnold of Soissons, French bishop (approximate date)
Blessed Gerard, founder of the Knights Hospitaller (d. 1120)
Bonfilius, bishop of Foligno (approximate date)
Conrad I, count of Luxembourg (approximate date)
Elimar I (orEgilmar), count of Oldenburg (d. 1112)
Ernulf, French Benedictine monk and bishop (d. 1124)
Gebhard III, bishop of Constance (approximate date)
Geoffrey III, French nobleman (approximate date)
Géza I (Magnus), king of Hungary (approximate date)
Guglielmo Embriaco, Genoese merchant (d. 1102)
Haziga of Diessen, German countess (approximate date)
Harald III, king of Denmark (approximate date)
Herman I, margrave of Baden (approximate date)
Hugh I, French nobleman (approximate date)
Hugh of Die, French bishop (approximate date)
Ibn Aqil, Persian theologian and jurist (d. 1119)
Ida of Lorraine, French countess (approximate date)
Ivo of Chartres, French bishop (approximate date)
Ladislaus I, king of Hungary (approximate date)
Oddone Frangipane, Italian monk and hermit (d. 1127)
Odo I (orEudes), French nobleman (d. 1086)
Roger I, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
Sikelgaita, Lombard duchess of Apulia (d. 1090)
Wulfnoth Godwinson, English nobleman (d. 1094)
Xiao Guanyin, empress of the Liao Dynasty (d. 1075)
Zayn al-Din Gorgani, Persian physician (d. 1136)

Deaths

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January 17 – Mas'ud I, Ghaznavid sultan (b. 998)
March 3 – Cunigunde, Holy Roman Empress
March 17 – Harold Harefoot, king of England^[1]
May 29 – Renauld I, French nobleman
June 21 – Fulk III, French nobleman (b. 970)
August 14 – Duncan I, king of Scotland^[2]
October 1 – Alan III, duke of Brittany (b. 997)
Abu Hashim al-Hasan, Zaidi imam and ruler of Jemen
Abu Nasr Mushkan, Persian statesman (or1039)
Ali Daya, Ghaznavid commander-in-chief
Begtoghdi, Ghaznavid commander-in-chief
Bertha of Milan, Lombard duchess (approximate date)
Dietrich I, bishop of Meissen (approximate date)
Gilbert, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
Helias of Cologne, Irish abbot and musician
Hugh, Italian nobleman (approximate date)
Hugh I, count of Empúries and Peralada
Ibn al-Haytham, Arab astronomer (approximate date)
John V, duke of Gaeta (approximate date)
Maria of Amalfi, Lombard duchess (approximate date)
Nikephoros Dokeianos, Byzantine general
Unsuri, Persian poet and writer (or1039)
Yeshe-Ö, Tibetan lama-king (approximate date)

References

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^ "Harold I | king of England". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

^ Cannon, John; Hargreaves, Anne (March 26, 2009). The Kings and Queens of Britain. OUP Oxford. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-19-158028-4.

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