1012
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s 990s 1000s – 1010s – 1020s 1030s 1040s |
| Years: | 1009 1010 1011 – 1012 – 1013 1014 1015 |
| 1012 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1012 MXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1765 |
| Armenian calendar | 461 ԹՎ ՆԿԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5762 |
| Bengali calendar | 419 |
| Berber calendar | 1962 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1556 |
| Burmese calendar | 374 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6520–6521 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3708 or 3648 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3709 or 3649 |
| Coptic calendar | 728–729 |
| Discordian calendar | 2178 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1004–1005 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4772–4773 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1068–1069 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 934–935 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4113–4114 |
| Holocene calendar | 11012 |
| Igbo calendar | 12–13 |
| Iranian calendar | 390–391 |
| Islamic calendar | 402–403 |
| Japanese calendar | Kankō 9 / Chōwa 1 (長和元年) |
| Julian calendar | 1012 MXII |
| Korean calendar | 3345 |
| Minguo calendar | 900 before ROC 民前900年 |
| Seleucid era | 1323/1324 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1554–1555 |
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Year 1012 (MXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- July–September: Climax of the bedouin anti-Fatimid rebellion in Palestine. Abu'l-Futuh al-Hasan ibn Ja'far is proclaimed as anti-Caliph.
Europe
- Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which eventually ends in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.
- King Máel Coluim mac Cináeda of Alba reputedly defeats a Danish army at Cruden Bay in Buchan.
- King Aethelred of England pays tribute to Viking raiders (Danegeld).
- Oldrich succeeds Jaromir as duke of Bohemia.
By topic
Religion
- Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim orders the destruction of all Jewish and Christian places of worship.
- April 19 – Archbishop Alphege of Canterbury is murdered by his Danish captors.
- May 18 – Pope Benedict VIII succeeds Pope Sergius IV as the 143rd pope.
- Gregory VI becomes antipope.
Births
- Pope Benedict IX (approximate date)
- Marpa Lotsawa, Tibetan translator of holy texts (d. 1097)
- Cai Xiang Chinese Calligrapher (d. 1067)
Deaths
- April 19 – Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)
- May 12 – Pope Sergius IV
- Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine
- Ibn Faradi
Unknown dates for 1012
- Heregeld was introduced in England. It was a tax used to pay Anglo-Scandinavian Mercenaries.