1011
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s 990s 1000s – 1010s – 1020s 1030s 1040s |
| Years: | 1008 1009 1010 – 1011 – 1012 1013 1014 |
| 1011 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1011 MXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1764 |
| Armenian calendar | 460 ԹՎ ՆԿ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5761 |
| Bengali calendar | 418 |
| Berber calendar | 1961 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1555 |
| Burmese calendar | 373 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6519–6520 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3707 or 3647 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3708 or 3648 |
| Coptic calendar | 727–728 |
| Discordian calendar | 2177 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1003–1004 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4771–4772 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1067–1068 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 933–934 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4112–4113 |
| Holocene calendar | 11011 |
| Igbo calendar | 11–12 |
| Iranian calendar | 389–390 |
| Islamic calendar | 401–402 |
| Japanese calendar | Kankō 8 (寛弘８年) |
| Julian calendar | 1011 MXI |
| Korean calendar | 3344 |
| Minguo calendar | 901 before ROC 民前901年 |
| Seleucid era | 1322/1323 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1553–1554 |
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Year 1011 (MXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- June 11 – The Byzantine army under the catapan Basil Mesardonites takes Bari from the rebellious Lombard lord Melus.[1]
- September 29 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, Archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.[2]
- Ermengol II succeeds Ermengol I as Count of Urgell
- Albert II, Count of Namur succeeds Albert I
- The German king Henry II enfeoffes Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia with the Carinthian duchy, including the rule over the March of Verona (or in 1012).
- Byrhtferth of Ramsey Abbey in England writes his Manual (Enchiridion) on the divine order of the universe and time.[2]
Middle East
- Baghdad Manifesto: Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah's descent from Ali ibn Abi Talib is disputed.
- Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), a famous Persian scientist working in Egypt, feigns madness in fear of angering Al-Hakim, and is kept under house arrest until 1021. During this time he begins writing his influential Book of Optics.
- In Georgia, Bagrat III dispossesses Sumbat III of Klarjeti, who dies thereafter.
Eastern Asia
- The Chinese Guangyun rime dictionary is compiled under Emperor Zhenzong of Song.
- Emperor Sanjō ascends to the throne of Japan.
Births
- Eleanor of Normandy, a Norman noblewoman and the daughter of Richard II of Normandy (possible date; d. after 1071)
- Ralph the Staller, earl of East Anglia (d. 1068)
- Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1076)
- Shao Yong, Song Dynasty philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian (d. 1077)
Deaths
- February 23 – Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz and a statesman of the Holy Roman Empire (b. c. 940)
- November 21 – Emperor Reizei of Japan (b. 950)
- December 12 or December 15 – Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia (b. c. 975)
- Emperor Ichijō of Japan (b. 980)
- Albert I, Count of Namur (b. c. 950)
- Armentarius, Galician bishop (b. 983)
- Sumbat III of Klarjeti, Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and the last sovereign of Klarjeti[3]
- Yohannan V, Patriarch of the Church of the East
References
- ↑ Norwich, John Julius (1967). The Normans in the South 1016-1130. London: Longmans.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 48–49. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 498. Georgetown University Press.