1041
Year 1041 (MXLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1010s 1020s 1030s – 1040s – 1050s 1060s 1070s |
| Years: | 1038 1039 1040 – 1041 – 1042 1043 1044 |
Michael V Kalaphates (c. 1015–1042)
Events
Africa
Europe
- December 10 – Empress Zoe of Byzantium raises her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
- Worcester rebels against the naval taxes of Harthacanute.
- Edward the Confessor returns from exile to inherit Harthacanute. He reduces the Navy from 60 to 32 ships this year due to the tax burden.
Asia
- The number of enlisted soldiers in the Song Dynasty Chinese military reaches well over 1,250,000 troops, an increase since 1022 when there were a million soldiers.
Deaths
- December 10 – Michael IV, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1010)
References
- Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.50.
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