1040
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This article is about the year 1040. For the U.S. tax document, see Form 1040. For the film, see 1040 (film).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1010s 1020s 1030s – 1040s – 1050s 1060s 1070s |
| Years: | 1037 1038 1039 – 1040 – 1041 1042 1043 |
| 1040 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1040 MXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1793 |
| Armenian calendar | 489 ԹՎ ՆՁԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5790 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -804–-803 |
| Bengali calendar | 447 |
| Berber calendar | 1990 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1584 |
| Burmese calendar | 402 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6548–6549 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年十二月十五日 (3676/3736-12-15) — to —
庚辰年十一月廿五日(3677/3737-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 756–757 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1032–1033 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4800–4801 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1096–1097 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 962–963 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4141–4142 |
| Holocene calendar | 11040 |
| Iranian calendar | 418–419 |
| Islamic calendar | 431–432 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3373 |
| Minguo calendar | 872 before ROC 民前872年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1583 |
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Year 1040 (MXL) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- May 23 – Battle of Dandanaqan: Seljuk Turks defeat the Ghaznavids.
- June 17 – Harthacanute lands at Sandwich and reclaims the English Throne.
- August 15 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth, who succeeds him as King of Scotland.
- The oldest brewery still active is founded at Weihenstephan.
- The Shalu Monastery is founded in Tibet.
- Printing using woodblocks is invented in China (approximate date).
[edit] Births
- February 22 – Rashi, French rabbi and commentator (d. 1105)
- June 27 – King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
- Al-Bakri, Spanish Muslim geographer (approximate date)
[edit] Deaths
- March 17 – Harold Harefoot, King of England
- August 15 – King Duncan I of Scotland (b. 1001)
- October 1 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)
- Masud, Ghaznavid emperor
- Guido d'Arezzo, Italian music teacher
- Hugh, Count of Suio
