1040
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| 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 / Chōkyū 1 (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 |
Year 1040 (MXL) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is the 40th year of the 11th century and of the 2nd millennium, and is the first year of the 1040s decade.
Notable dates
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
Milestones
- Weihenstephan Abbey (Kloster Weihenstephan, in German), founds the oldest brewery
- The Shalu Monastery is founded in Tibet.
- Woodblock printing is invented in China (approximate date).
Births
- February 22 – Rashi, French rabbi and commentator (d. 1105)
- June 27 – King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
- Ida of Lorraine, French noblewoman (d. 1113)
- Alan Rufus, Breton leader in England during the Norman Conquest (approximate date) (d. 1093)
- Sikelgaita, duchess of Apulia (d. 1090)
Deaths
- March 17 – Harold Harefoot, King of England
- June 21 – Fulk III, Count of Anjou
- August 14 – King Duncan I of Scotland (b. 1001)
- October 1 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)
- Hugh, Count of Suio
- Masud, Ghaznavid emperor
- Alhazen; Arab or Persian scientist and polymath
