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1040
Calendar year
Year 1040 (MXL) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
This article is about the year 1040. For the film, see 1040 (film). For the tax form, see Form 1040.
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Quick Facts
| 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 |
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By place
Europe
- Spring – Nikephoros Dokeianos, Byzantine governor of the Catepanate of Italy, is murdered by Lombard rebels at Ascoli. He is replaced by Michael Dokeianos, who arrives in November with a Varangian army.
- The Emirate of Sicily is divided and fragmented into small fiefdoms. The Arab nobles of Palermo restore the regime of the Kalbids (approximate date).
- August 22–23 – Battle of Brůdek: Duke Bretislav I of Bohemia defeats the German forces under King Henry III (the Black) in the Bohemian Forest.
- Peter Delyan leads a rebellion against the Byzantine Empire and is proclaimed by the Bulgarian nobles as emperor (tsar) Peter II in Belgrade.
Britain
- March 17 – King Harold Harefoot dies at Oxford at the age of 24. His illegitimate son Ælfwine Haroldsson is left in his grandmother's care, Ælfgifu of Northampton.
- June 17 – Harthacnut lands at Sandwich and reclaims the throne of England which has been taken by Harald Harefoot (see 1035).
- August 14 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth, who succeeds him as king of Scotland.
Islamic world
By topic
Religion
- Weihenstephan Abbey (Kloster Weihenstephan) in Germany, founds the oldest operating brewery.
- The Shalu Monastery is founded by the Buddhist monk Chetsun Sherab Jungnay in Tibet.
- February 22 – Rashi, French rabbi and writer (d. 1105)
- July 12 – Yun Kwan, Korean general (d. 1111)
- Adelaide of Hungary, duchess of Bohemia (d. 1062)
- Alan Rufus, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
- Alfonso VI, king of León and Castile (approximate date)
- Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Abbadid emir of Seville (d. 1095)
- Arnold of Soissons, French bishop (approximate date)
- Blessed Gerard, founder of the Knights Hospitaller (d. 1120)
- Bonfilius, bishop of Foligno (approximate date)
- Conrad I, count of Luxembourg (approximate date)
- Elimar I (or Egilmar), count of Oldenburg (d. 1112)
- Ernulf, French Benedictine monk and bishop (d. 1124)
- Gebhard III, bishop of Constance (approximate date)
- Geoffrey III, French nobleman (approximate date)
- Géza I (Magnus), king of Hungary (approximate date)
- Guglielmo Embriaco, Genoese merchant (d. 1102)
- Haziga of Diessen, German countess (approximate date)
- Harald III, king of Denmark (approximate date)
- Herman I, margrave of Baden (approximate date)
- Hugh I, French nobleman (approximate date)
- Hugh of Die, French bishop (approximate date)
- Ibn Aqil, Persian theologian and jurist (d. 1119)
- Ida of Lorraine, French countess (approximate date)
- Ivo of Chartres, French bishop (approximate date)
- Ladislaus I, king of Hungary (approximate date)
- Oddone Frangipane, Italian monk and hermit (d. 1127)
- Odo I (or Eudes), French nobleman (d. 1086)
- Roger I, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
- Sikelgaita, Lombard duchess of Apulia (d. 1090)
- Wulfnoth Godwinson, English nobleman (d. 1094)
- Xiao Guanyin, empress of the Liao Dynasty (d. 1075)
- Zayn al-Din Gorgani, Persian physician (d. 1136)
- January 17 – Mas'ud I, Ghaznavid sultan (b. 998)
- March 3 – Cunigunde, Holy Roman Empress
- March 17 – Harold Harefoot, king of England[1]
- May 29 – Renauld I, French nobleman
- June 21 – Fulk III, French nobleman (b. 970)
- August 14 – Duncan I, king of Scotland[2]
- October 1 – Alan III, duke of Brittany (b. 997)
- Abu Hashim al-Hasan, Zaidi imam and ruler of Jemen
- Abu Nasr Mushkan, Persian statesman (or 1039)
- Ali Daya, Ghaznavid commander-in-chief
- Begtoghdi, Ghaznavid commander-in-chief
- Bertha of Milan, Lombard duchess (approximate date)
- Dietrich I, bishop of Meissen (approximate date)
- Gilbert, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
- Helias of Cologne, Irish abbot and musician
- Hugh, Italian nobleman (approximate date)
- Hugh I, count of Empúries and Peralada
- Ibn al-Haytham, Arab astronomer (approximate date)
- John V, duke of Gaeta (approximate date)
- Maria of Amalfi, Lombard duchess (approximate date)
- Nikephoros Dokeianos, Byzantine general
- Unsuri, Persian poet and writer (or 1039)
- Yeshe-Ö, Tibetan lama-king (approximate date)
- "Harold I | king of England". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- Cannon, John; Hargreaves, Anne (March 26, 2009). The Kings and Queens of Britain. OUP Oxford. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-19-158028-4.