1006

Year 1006 (MVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	970s  980s  990s  – 1000s –  1010s  1020s  1030s
Years:	1003 1004 1005 – 1006 – 1007 1008 1009

SN 1006 supernova remnant (2008)

Events

By place

Oceania

• A major eruption of Mount Merapi volcano covers all of central Java with volcanic ash. This caused devastation throughout central Java, and destroyed a Hindu kingdom on the island of Java.

Europe

• Holmgang (dueling) is declared illegal in Iceland.

Asia

• Granaries for famine relief are set up across China.

By topic

Religion

• Aelfheah (St. Alphege) goes to Pope John XVIII at Rome for his pallium and becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.

Astronomy

• May 1 – The brightest supernova ever recorded, SN 1006, occurs in the constellation of Lupus. It is observed and described in China, Japan, the Middle East, Europe, and elsewhere.

Births

• Constantine X, emperor of Byzantium (d. 1067)

Deaths

• Gisela of Burgundy