1022

1022 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1022; MXXII
Ab urbe condita	1775
Armenian calendar	471; ԹՎ ՆՀԱ
Assyrian calendar	5772
Balinese saka calendar	943–944
Bengali calendar	429
Berber calendar	1972
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1566
Burmese calendar	384
Byzantine calendar	6530–6531
Chinese calendar	辛酉年 (Metal Rooster); 3718 or 3658; — to —; 壬戌年 (Water Dog); 3719 or 3659
Coptic calendar	738–739
Discordian calendar	2188
Ethiopian calendar	1014–1015
Hebrew calendar	4782–4783
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1078–1079
- Shaka Samvat	943–944
- Kali Yuga	4122–4123
Holocene calendar	11022
Igbo calendar	22–23
Iranian calendar	400–401
Islamic calendar	412–413
Japanese calendar	Jian 2; (治安２年)
Javanese calendar	924–925
Julian calendar	1022; MXXII
Korean calendar	3355
Minguo calendar	890 before ROC; 民前890年
Nanakshahi calendar	−446
Seleucid era	1333/1334 AG
Thai solar calendar	1564–1565
Tibetan calendar	阴金鸡年; (female Iron-Rooster); 1148 or 767 or −5; — to —; 阳水狗年; (male Water-Dog); 1149 or 768 or −4

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century; 11th century ; 12th century;
Decades:	1000s; 1010s; 1020s; 1030s; 1040s;
Years:	1019; 1020; 1021; 1022; 1023; 1024; 1025;

Emperor Basil II defeats the Georgians.

The year 1022 (MXXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events[edit]

Spring – Battle of Svindax: The Byzantine army under Emperor Basil II defeats the Georgians at Svindax (modern Turkey). King George I is forced to negotiate a peace treaty, ending the Byzantine–Georgian wars.
Summer – Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos conspires with the Byzantine general Nikephoros Xiphias against Basil II. The rebellion collapses and Xiphias assassinates Phokas.

Spring – Emperor Henry II divides his army into three columns and descends through Rome onto Capua^[why?]. The bulk of the expeditionary force (20,000 men) led by Henry, makes its way down the Adriatic coast.
Pilgrim, archbishop of Cologne, marches with his army down the Tyrrhenian coast to lay siege to Capua. The citizens open the gates and surrender the city to the imperial army.^[1]
Pilgrim besieges the city of Salerno for forty days. Prince Guaimar III offers to give hostages – Pilgrim accepts the prince's son and co-prince Guaimar IV, and lifts the siege.^[2]
Summer – Outbreak of the plague among the German troops forces Henry II to abandon his campaign in Italy. He reimposes his suzerainty on the Lombard principalities.
King Olof Skötkonung dies and is succeeded by his son Anund Jakob as ruler of Sweden. He becomes the second Christian king of the Swedish realm.

The 14-year-old Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, with support of the Zirid nobles, takes over the government and (as a minor) ascends to the throne in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia).

The Chinese military has one million registered soldiers during the Song Dynasty, an increase since the turn of the 11th century (approximate date).

After the Council of Orléans, King Robert II of France burns thirteen heretics at Orléans. These are the first burning victims for heresy.
Pope Benedict VIII convenes a synod at Pavia. He issues decrees to restrain simony and incontinence of the clergy.^[3]
Æthelnoth, archbishop of Canterbury, travels to Rome to obtain the pallium. He is received by Benedict VIII.^[4]

^ Norwich, John Julius (1967). The Normans in the South. London: Longman, pp. 26–28.
^ Amatus, Dunbar & Loud (2004), p. 53. The young prince was sent to the papal court for safekeeping according to Amatus.
^ Walker, Williston (1921). A History of the Christian Church. Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 218.
^ Ortenberg. Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy. English Church and the Papacy, p. 49.

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