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Calendar year

Years Millennium 2nd millennium Centuries 10th century 11th century 12th century Decades 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s Years 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 v t e

1040 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Birth and death categories Births – Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments – Disestablishments v t e

1040 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 1040 MXL Ab urbe condita 1793 Armenian calendar 489 ԹՎ ՆՁԹ Assyrian calendar 5790 Balinese saka calendar 961–962 Bengali calendar 446–447 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 ས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Earth-Hare) 1166 or 785 or 13 — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Iron-Dragon) 1167 or 786 or 14

Artwork of the [Battle of Dandanaqan](/source/Battle_of_Dandanaqan)

Year **1040** (**[MXL](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Tuesday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar).

## Events

### By place

#### Europe

- Spring – [Nikephoros Dokeianos](/source/Nikephoros_Dokeianos), Byzantine governor of the [Catepanate of Italy](/source/Catepanate_of_Italy), is murdered by Lombard rebels at [Ascoli](/source/Ascoli_Satriano). He is replaced by [Michael Dokeianos](/source/Michael_Dokeianos), who arrives in November with a [Varangian](/source/Varangians) army.

- [August 22](/source/August_22)–[23](/source/August_23) – [Battle at Brůdek](/source/Battle_at_Br%C5%AFdek): Duke [Bretislav I](/source/Bretislav_I) of [Bohemia](/source/Duchy_of_Bohemia) defeats the German forces under King [Henry III](/source/Henry_III%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) ("the Black") in the [Bohemian Forest](/source/Bohemian_Forest).

- [Peter Delyan](/source/Peter_Delyan) leads a rebellion against the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire) and is proclaimed by the Bulgarian nobles as emperor (*[tsar](/source/Tsar)*) Peter II in [Belgrade](/source/Belgrade).

- The [Emirate of Sicily](/source/Emirate_of_Sicily) is divided and fragmented into small fiefdoms. The Arab nobles of [Palermo](/source/Palermo) restore the regime of the [Kalbids](/source/Kalbids) (approximate date).

#### Britain

- [March 17](/source/March_17) – King [Harold Harefoot](/source/Harold_Harefoot) dies at [Oxford](/source/Oxford) at the age of 24. His illegitimate son [Ælfwine Haroldsson](/source/%C3%86lfwine_Haroldsson) is left in the care of his grandmother, [Ælfgifu of Northampton](/source/%C3%86lfgifu_of_Northampton).

- [June 17](/source/June_17) – [Harthacnut](/source/Harthacnut) lands at [Sandwich](/source/Sandwich%2C_Kent) and reclaims the throne of [England](/source/Kingdom_of_England) which had been taken by Harald Harefoot in [1035](/source/1035).

- [August 14](/source/August_14) – King [Duncan](/source/Duncan_I_of_Scotland) is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival [Macbeth](/source/Macbeth_I_of_Scotland), who succeeds him as king of [Scotland](/source/Kingdom_of_Scotland).

#### Islamic world

- [May 23](/source/May_23) – [Battle of Dandanaqan](/source/Battle_of_Dandanaqan): The Turkmen [Seljuqs](/source/Seljuq_dynasty) defeat the [Ghaznavid](/source/Ghaznavids) forces (50,000 men) led by Sultan [Mas'ud I](/source/Mas'ud_I_of_Ghazni) at Dandanaqan, a fortress city in the desert near [Merv](/source/Merv). Ghaznavid commanders [Ali Daya](/source/Ali_Daya) and [Begtoghdi](/source/Begtoghdi) are blamed for the defeat and executed.

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Weihenstephan Abbey](/source/Weihenstephan_Abbey) (*Kloster Weihenstephan*) in [Germany](/source/Germany), founds the oldest operating [brewery](/source/Brewery).

- The [Shalu Monastery](/source/Shalu_Monastery) is founded by the [Buddhist](/source/Gautama_Buddha) monk [Chetsun Sherab Jungnay](/source/Chetsun_Sherab_Jungnay) in [Tibet](/source/Tibet).

## Births

- [February 22](/source/February_22) – [Rashi](/source/Rashi), French [rabbi](/source/Rabbi) and writer (d. [1105](/source/1105))

- [July 12](/source/July_12) – [Yun Kwan](/source/Yun_Kwan), Korean general (d. [1111](/source/1111))

- [Adelaide of Hungary](/source/Adelaide_of_Hungary), duchess of [Bohemia](/source/Duchy_of_Bohemia) (d. [1062](/source/1062))

- [Alan Rufus](/source/Alan_Rufus), Norman [nobleman](/source/Nobility) (approximate date)

- [Alfonso VI](/source/Alfonso_VI_of_Le%C3%B3n_and_Castile), king of [León](/source/Kingdom_of_Le%C3%B3n) and [Castile](/source/Kingdom_of_Castile) (approximate date)

- [Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad](/source/Al-Mu'tamid_ibn_Abbad), Abbadid emir of [Seville](/source/Taifa_of_Seville) (d. [1095](/source/1095)) (approximate date)

- [Arnold of Soissons](/source/Arnold_of_Soissons), French bishop (approximate date)

- [Blessed Gerard](/source/Blessed_Gerard), founder of the [Knights Hospitaller](/source/Knights_Hospitaller) (d. [1120](/source/1120)) (approximate date)

- [Bonfilius](/source/Bonfilius), bishop of [Foligno](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Foligno) (approximate date)

- [Conrad I](/source/Conrad_I%2C_Count_of_Luxembourg), count of [Luxembourg](/source/County_of_Luxemburg) (approximate date)

- [Ernulf](/source/Ernulf), French [Benedictine](/source/Order_of_Saint_Benedict) monk and bishop (d. [1124](/source/1124))

- [Gebhard III](/source/Gebhard_(III)_of_Constance), bishop of [Constance](/source/Diocese_of_Constance) (approximate date)

- [Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou](/source/Geoffrey_III%2C_Count_of_Anjou), French nobleman (approximate date)

- [Géza I](/source/G%C3%A9za_I_of_Hungary) (Magnus), king of [Hungary](/source/Kingdom_of_Hungary) (approximate date)

- [Guérin of Aumale](/source/Gu%C3%A9rin_of_Aumale), Founder of [House of Aumale](/source/House_of_Aumale) (d. [1100](/source/1100))

- [Guglielmo Embriaco](/source/Guglielmo_Embriaco), Genoese merchant (d. [1102](/source/1102)) (approximate date)

- [Haziga of Diessen](/source/Haziga_of_Diessen), German countess (approximate date)

- [Harald III](/source/Harald_III_of_Denmark), king of [Denmark](/source/Denmark) (approximate date)

- [Herman I](/source/Herman_I%2C_Margrave_of_Baden), margrave of [Baden](/source/Margraviate_of_Baden) (approximate date)

- [Hugh I](/source/Hugh_I%2C_Count_of_Rethel), French nobleman (approximate date)

- [Hugh of Die](/source/Hugh_of_Die), French bishop (approximate date)

- [Ibn Aqil](/source/Ibn_Aqil), Persian [theologian](/source/Schools_of_Islamic_theology) and jurist (d. [1119](/source/1119)) (approximate date)

- [Ida of Lorraine](/source/Ida_of_Lorraine), French countess (approximate date)

- [Ivo of Chartres](/source/Ivo_of_Chartres), French bishop (approximate date)

- [Ladislaus I](/source/Ladislaus_I_of_Hungary), king of [Hungary](/source/Kingdom_of_Hungary) (approximate date)

- [Oddone Frangipane](/source/Saint_Ottone_Frangipane), Italian monk and [hermit](/source/Hermit) (d. [1127](/source/1127))

- [Odo I of Furneaux](/source/Odo_I_of_Furneaux) (or Eudes), French nobleman (d. [1086](/source/1086))

- [Roger I of Sicily](/source/Roger_I_of_Sicily), Norman nobleman (approximate date)

- [Sikelgaita](/source/Sikelgaita), Lombard duchess of [Apulia](/source/County_of_Apulia_and_Calabria) (d. [1090](/source/1090))

- [Wulfnoth Godwinson](/source/Wulfnoth_Godwinson), English nobleman (d. [1094](/source/1094))

- [Xiao Guanyin](/source/Xiao_Guanyin), Chinese empress consort of the [Liao dynasty](/source/Liao_dynasty) (d. [1075](/source/1075))

- [Zayn al-Din Gorgani](/source/Zayn_al-Din_Gorgani), Persian [physician](/source/Medicine_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world) (d. [1136](/source/1136)) (approximate date)

## Deaths

- [January 17](/source/January_17) – [Mas'ud I](/source/Mas'ud_I_of_Ghazni), Ghaznavid sultan (b. [998](/source/998))

- [March 3](/source/March_3) – [Cunigunde](/source/Cunigunde_of_Luxembourg), Holy Roman Empress

- [March 17](/source/March_17) – [Harold Harefoot](/source/Harold_Harefoot), king of [England](/source/Kingdom_of_England)[1]

- [May 29](/source/May_29) – [Renauld I](/source/Renauld_I%2C_Count_of_Nevers), French nobleman

- [June 21](/source/June_21) – [Fulk III](/source/Fulk_III%2C_Count_of_Anjou), French nobleman (b. [970](/source/970))

- [August 14](/source/August_14) – [Duncan I](/source/Duncan_I_of_Scotland), king of [Scotland](/source/Kingdom_of_Scotland)[2]

- [October 1](/source/October_1) – [Alan III](/source/Alan_III%2C_Duke_of_Brittany), duke of [Brittany](/source/Duchy_of_Brittany) (b. [997](/source/997))

- [Abu Hashim al-Hasan](/source/Abu_Hashim_al-Hasan), Zaidi [imam](/source/Imam) and ruler of [Jemen](/source/Jemen)

- [Abu Nasr Mushkan](/source/Abu_Nasr_Mushkan), Persian statesman (or [1039](/source/1039))

- [Ali Daya](/source/Ali_Daya), Ghaznavid commander-in-chief, executed

- [Begtoghdi](/source/Begtoghdi), Ghaznavid commander-in-chief, executed

- [Bertha of Milan](/source/Bertha_of_Milan), Lombard duchess (approximate date)

- [Dietrich I](/source/Dietrich_I_of_Meissen), bishop of [Meissen](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Dresden-Meissen) (approximate date)

- [Gilbert, Count of Brionne](/source/Gilbert%2C_Count_of_Brionne), Norman nobleman (approximate date)

- [Helias of Cologne](/source/Helias_of_Cologne), Irish [abbot](/source/Abbot) and musician

- [Hugh](/source/Hugh%2C_Count_of_Suio), Italian nobleman (approximate date)

- [Hugh I](/source/Hugh_I%2C_Count_of_Emp%C3%BAries), count of [Empúries](/source/County_of_Emp%C3%BAries) and [Peralada](/source/Peralada)

- [Ibn al-Haytham](/source/Ibn_al-Haytham), Arab [astronomer](/source/Astronomy_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world) (approximate date)

- [John V](/source/John_V_of_Gaeta), duke of [Gaeta](/source/Duchy_of_Gaeta) (approximate date)

- [Maria of Amalfi](/source/Maria_of_Amalfi), Lombard duchess (approximate date)

- [Nikephoros Dokeianos](/source/Nikephoros_Dokeianos), Byzantine general

- [Unsuri](/source/Unsuri), Persian poet and writer (or [1039](/source/1039))

- [Yeshe-Ö](/source/Yeshe-%C3%96), Tibetan [lama](/source/Lama)-king (approximate date)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Harold I | king of England"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-I). *Encyclopædia Britannica*. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Cannon, John; Hargreaves, Anne (March 26, 2009). [*The Kings and Queens of Britain*](https://books.google.com/books?id=FKhB1kiXq7YC&pg=PT131). OUP Oxford. p. 131. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-158028-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-158028-4).

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