1016

1016 (MXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 11th century, and the 7th year of the 1010s decade. As of the start of 1016, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Edmund II (left) is defeated by forces of Cnut the Great.
Edmund II (left) is defeated by forces of Cnut the Great.
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 10th century11th century12th century
Decades: 980s  990s  1000s 1010s 1020s  1030s  1040s
Years: 1013 1014 101510161017 1018 1019
1016 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1016
MXVI
Ab urbe condita1769
Armenian calendar465
ԹՎ ՆԿԵ
Assyrian calendar5766
Balinese saka calendar937–938
Bengali calendar423
Berber calendar1966
English Regnal yearN/A
Buddhist calendar1560
Burmese calendar378
Byzantine calendar6524–6525
Chinese calendar乙卯(Wood Rabbit)
3712 or 3652
     to 
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
3713 or 3653
Coptic calendar732–733
Discordian calendar2182
Ethiopian calendar1008–1009
Hebrew calendar4776–4777
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1072–1073
 - Shaka Samvat937–938
 - Kali Yuga4116–4117
Holocene calendar11016
Igbo calendar16–17
Iranian calendar394–395
Islamic calendar406–407
Japanese calendarChōwa 5
(長和5年)
Javanese calendar918–919
Julian calendar1016
MXVI
Korean calendar3349
Minguo calendar896 before ROC
民前896年
Nanakshahi calendar−452
Seleucid era1327/1328 AG
Thai solar calendar1558–1559
Tibetan calendar阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
1142 or 761 or −11
     to 
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
1143 or 762 or −10

Events

Asia

Europe

  • March 25 Battle of Nesjar (off the coast of Norway): Olaf Haraldsson is victorious over former co-regent Sweyn Haakonsson confirming his status as King of Norway.
  • April 23 Æthelred, King of England, dies, and is replaced by his son Edmund Ironside.[1]
  • c. May Battle of Brentford (near London): King Edmund defeats the Danes under Cnut, Prince of Denmark.[2]
  • October 18 Battle of Ashingdon: Cnut defeats Edmund, leaving the latter as king of Wessex only.[1]
  • November 30 King Edmund dies and Cnut takes control of the whole of the Kingdom of England.[1]
  • The Pisan and the Genoese republics launch a naval offensive against the Muslim strongholds of Sardegna, in particular Porto Torres and defeat the fleet of the taifa king of Denia, Mujahid al-Amiri al-Muwaffaq.[3]
  • Melus of Bari makes a second attempt against Byzantine-held Southern Italy. To support his cause, he hires Norman mercenaries, unwittingly triggering the rise of Norman rule over southern Italy.[4]
  • Georgius Tzul, ruler of Khazaria, is captured by a combined Byzantine EmpireKievan Rus' force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence.

Births

  • July 26 Duke Casimir I of Poland (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel)

Deaths

  • April 23 Ethelred the Unready, King of England
  • November 30 Edmund II, King of England
  • Emperor Sanjō of Japan
  • Badis ibn Mansur, third ruler of the Zirid dynasty in North Africa.

References

  1. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-304-35730-7.
  2. Palmer, Alan Warwick; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
  3. Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 33. ISBN 978-88-8289-529-7.
  4. Kleinhenz, Christopher (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-415-93930-0.
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