1016
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| Gregorian calendar | 1016 MXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1769 |
| Armenian calendar | 465 ԹՎ ՆԿԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5766 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 937–938 |
| Bengali calendar | 423 |
| Berber calendar | 1966 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1560 |
| Burmese calendar | 378 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6524–6525 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3713 or 3506 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3714 or 3507 |
| Coptic calendar | 732–733 |
| Discordian calendar | 2182 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1008–1009 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4776–4777 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1072–1073 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 937–938 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4116–4117 |
| Holocene calendar | 11016 |
| Igbo calendar | 16–17 |
| Iranian calendar | 394–395 |
| Islamic calendar | 406–407 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōwa 5 (長和５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 918–919 |
| Julian calendar | 1016 MXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3349 |
| Minguo calendar | 896 before ROC 民前896年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −452 |
| Seleucid era | 1327/1328 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1558–1559 |
| 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 |
Year 1016 (MXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- March 10 – Emperor Sanjō abdicates the throne of Japan and soon afterwards is succeeded by his cousin Emperor Go-Ichijō, aged about 8.
- Earthquakes partly destroy the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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 succeeded 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 Empire–Kievan 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
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 105–106. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Palmer, Alan (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 48–49. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 33. ISBN 88-8289-529-7.
- ^ Kleinhenz, Christopher (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 0-415-93930-5.