1013 (MXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 2nd millennium, the 13th year of the 11th century, and the 4th year of the 1010s decade. As of the start of 1013, 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: | 1010 1011 1012 – 1013 – 1014 1015 1016 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1013 MXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1766 |
| Armenian calendar | 462 ԹՎ ՆԿԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5763 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 934–935 |
| Bengali calendar | 420 |
| Berber calendar | 1963 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1557 |
| Burmese calendar | 375 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6521–6522 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3709 or 3649 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3710 or 3650 |
| Coptic calendar | 729–730 |
| Discordian calendar | 2179 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1005–1006 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4773–4774 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1069–1070 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 934–935 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4113–4114 |
| Holocene calendar | 11013 |
| Igbo calendar | 13–14 |
| Iranian calendar | 391–392 |
| Islamic calendar | 403–404 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōwa 2 (長和２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 915–916 |
| Julian calendar | 1013 MXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3346 |
| Minguo calendar | 899 before ROC 民前899年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −455 |
| Seleucid era | 1324/1325 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1555–1556 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1139 or 758 or −14 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1140 or 759 or −13 |
Events
changeBy place
changeEurope
change- July – Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, having invaded England, is declared King within the Danelaw.[1]
- December 25 – Sweyn is declared King of England in London, forcing Æthelred the Unready to flee to Normandy.[1][2]
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a peace treaty at Merseburg with Duke Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland who recognizes him as overlord.
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, gathers an army at Augsburg to begin his second Italian military campaign.
- The Jews are thrown out of the caliphate of Córdoba.
- The Poles leave from Pomerania (approximate date).
Asia
change- Estimation: Kaifeng, capital of China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Córdoba in Al-Andalus.[3]
- The largest of the Four Great Books of Song, the Song Dynasty Chinese encyclopedia Prime Tortoise of the Record Bureau (which had been compiled since 1005), is completed in 1,000 volumes of 9.4 million written Chinese characters.
By topic
changeReligion
change- Lyfing is appointed by Æthelred the Unready as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- The Al-Hakim Mosque is completed in Cairo.
- Beauvais changes from a county to a bishopric (approximate date).
Births
change- Sancha of León, wife of Ferdinand I of León
- Rabbi Isaac Alfasi (Rif),Moroccan Talmudist and posek(d. 1103)
Deaths
change- Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi, scholar of medicine
- Antipope John XVI
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Palmer, Alan Warwick; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-304-35730-7.
- ↑ "Geography at about.com". Archived from the original on July 14, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2013.