1010
year
1010 (MX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1010th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 10th year of the 2nd millennium, the 10th year of the 11th century, and the 1st year of the 1010s decade. As of the start of 1010, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s 990s 1000s – 1010s – 1020s 1030s 1040s |
| Years: | 1007 1008 1009 – 1010 – 1011 1012 1013 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1010 MX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1763 |
| Armenian calendar | 459 ԹՎ ՆԾԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5760 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 931–932 |
| Bengali calendar | 417 |
| Berber calendar | 1960 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1554 |
| Burmese calendar | 372 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6518–6519 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3706 or 3646 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3707 or 3647 |
| Coptic calendar | 726–727 |
| Discordian calendar | 2176 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1002–1003 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4770–4771 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1066–1067 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 931–932 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4110–4111 |
| Holocene calendar | 11010 |
| Igbo calendar | 10–11 |
| Iranian calendar | 388–389 |
| Islamic calendar | 400–401 |
| Japanese calendar | Kankō 7 (寛弘７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 912–913 |
| Julian calendar | 1010 MX |
| Korean calendar | 3343 |
| Minguo calendar | 902 before ROC 民前902年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −458 |
| Seleucid era | 1321/1322 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1552–1553 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1136 or 755 or −17 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1137 or 756 or −16 |
Events change
By place change
Europe change
- The city of Yaroslavl is said to have been founded.
- Hisham II the Nephast is restored as Umayyad caliph of Córdoba, replacing Muhammad II al-Mahdi.
- Allied to Muslim rebels, the count of Barcelona robs and destroys Cordoba.[1]
Asia change
- The Lý Dynasty is started in Vietnam (or 1009) and moves the capital to Hanoi.
- Persian poet Ferdowsi finishes writing The Shahnameh (Book of Kings).
- The Goryeo king is unseated in a revolt, resulting in an invasion by the Liao Dynasty and the burning of the Korean capital Gaegyeong in the Second Goryeo-Khitan War.
- Song Zhun of Song Dynasty China completes the work of the earlier geographer Lu Duosun, a huge atlas of China that is written and illustrated in 1,556 chapters, showing maps of each region, city, town, and village. The atlas took 39 years to complete.
Americas change
- Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America (approximate date).
By topic change
Art change
- The construction of Brihadeeswarar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, ends. Chola Dynasty, Early Medieval period.
- Rajaraja I and His Teacher, detail of a wall painting in the Brihadeeswarar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, is made. Chola Dynasty. Early Medieval period (approximate date).
Literature change
- Lady Murasaki writes The Tale of Genji in Japanese (approximate date).
- Beowulf is written by an unknown writer (approximate date).
Technology change
- Eilmer of Malmesbury attempts flight in a glider of his own construction.
Births change
- May 30 – Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)
- June 2 – Benno, bishop of Meissen (d. 1106)
- King Bermudo III of León (d. 1037)
- Ali Ahmad Nasawi, (d. 1075)
- Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1041)
- Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg (d. 1088)
- Otto of Savoy (d. 1060)
- Adalbero of Würzburg, Bishop of Würzburg and Count of Lambach-Wels (d. 1090)
Deaths change
- John Curcuas, Byzantine catepan of Italy
- Ælfric of Eynsham, English abbot
- Aimoin, French monk and chronicler
References change
- ↑ Boissonade, B. (1934). "Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)". Bulletin Hispanique. 36 (1): 5–28. doi:10.3406/hispa.1934.2607.