1016

Year 1016 (MXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 10th century11th century12th century
Decades: 980s  990s  1000s 1010s 1020s  1030s  1040s
Years: 1013 1014 101510161017 1018 1019
Edmund II (left) is defeated by forces of Cnut the Great.
Edmund II (left) is defeated by forces of Cnut the Great.

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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