1022
Year 1022 (MXXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 990s 1000s 1010s – 1020s – 1030s 1040s 1050s |
| Years: | 1019 1020 1021 – 1022 – 1023 1024 1025 |
1022
Events
Europe
- Upon the death of Olof Skötkonung, he is replaced by his son Anund Jakob as king of Sweden.
- 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]
Asia
- Al-Muizz ibn Badis begins to rule Ifriqiya in his own right.
- The Song Dynasty Chinese military has one million registered soldiers, an increase since the turn of the 11th century when the Song military only had nine hundred thousand soldiers.
Religion
- Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury, is received at Rome.
- Several Catharists are killed in Toulouse.
- The Synod of Pavia issues decrees against non-celibate clergy and against simony.
- Robert II the Pious burns some canons of St. Croix in Orléans, for holding that the world is inherently evil.
Births
Deaths
- September 2 – Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, king of Mide and High King of Ireland
- November 20 – Bernward of Hildesheim
- December 20 – Elvira Mendes, queen of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)
- Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden since 995 (b. c. 980)
- Emperor Zhenzong of China
References
- Norwich, John Julius (1967). The Normans in the South. London: Longman, pp. 26–28.
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