1026

1026 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1026 MXXVI
Ab urbe condita	1779
Armenian calendar	475 ԹՎ ՆՀԵ
Assyrian calendar	5776
Balinese saka calendar	947–948
Bengali calendar	432–433
Berber calendar	1976
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1570
Burmese calendar	388
Byzantine calendar	6534–6535
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood  Ox) 3723 or 3516     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire  Tiger) 3724 or 3517
Coptic calendar	742–743
Discordian calendar	2192
Ethiopian calendar	1018–1019
Hebrew calendar	4786–4787
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1082–1083
- Shaka Samvat	947–948
- Kali Yuga	4126–4127
Holocene calendar	11026
Igbo calendar	26–27
Iranian calendar	404–405
Islamic calendar	416–417
Japanese calendar	Manju 3 (万寿３年)
Javanese calendar	928–929
Julian calendar	1026 MXXVI
Korean calendar	3359
Minguo calendar	886 before ROC 民前886年
Nanakshahi calendar	−442
Seleucid era	1337/1338 AG
Thai solar calendar	1568–1569
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1152 or 771 or −1     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1153 or 772 or 0

The Iron Crown of Lombardy, displayed in the Cathedral of Monza (near Milan).

Year 1026 ( MXXVI ) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Asia

• A Zubu revolt against the Liao dynasty is suppressed, with the Zubu forced to pay an annual tribute of horses, camels and furs.
• June 16 – A tsunami with waves of 10 m (33 ft) at present-day Masuda, Shimane; more than 1,000 people were killed and 3,000 homes were destroyed. ^[1]

Europe

• Spring – King Conrad II, "the Elder", assembles an army of thousands of armored knights for an expedition into Italy. He besieges Pavia and marches to Milan, where he is crowned with the Iron Crown by Archbishop Aribert as king of the Lombards. Duke William V ("the Great") of Aquitaine, who is already en route for Italy, decides to renounce his claim to the Lombard throne and turns back. ^[2]
• April – Conrad II punishes the citizens of Pavia with starvation, with the help of Milanese troops, for burning down the Royal Palace. He appoints Aribert as his viceroy ("imperial vicar") in Italy and charges him to ensure that the order is complied with.
• Summer – Conrad II leaves the bulk of his army at the siege of Pavia, and marches to Ravenna. The Ravennan militias close the town gates and assault the imperial train. Conrad rallies his troops and takes Ravenna, taking bloody revenge.
• June 1 – The Basilica of Saint Maternus in Walcourt, present-day Belgium, is consecrated by Bishop Réginhard of Liège  [ fr ]. ^[3]
• Conrad II proceeds to Pesaro, but a malarian outbreak forces him to withdraw back up north to the Po Valley. He subdues the March of Turin, where Count Ulric Manfred II opposes the election of Conrad.
• Autumn – Pavia falls to the imperial forces. Only the intervention of Odilo of Cluny persuades Conrad to have mercy on the city and the defeated rebels. ^[4]
• Battle of Helgeå (off the coast of Sweden): Naval forces of King Cnut the Great's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets. ^[5]
• 9-year-old Henry "the Black" is made duke of Bavaria by his father, Conrad II, after the death of his predecessor Henry V.
• Pietro Barbolano becomes 28th doge of Venice.
• Guido of Arezzo: Micrologus

Births

• Lidanus, Lombard Benedictine abbot (d. 1118)
• Tostig Godwinson, earl of Northumbria (approximate date)
• Pope Victor III, born Dauferio, Lombard churchman (approximate date)
• William Firmatus, Norman hermit and pilgrim (d. 1103)

Deaths

• June 10 – Hugh II, French viscount and archbishop
• August 28 – Richard II, "the Good", duke of Normandy
• August 30 – Bononio, Lombard hermit and abbot
• September 21 – Otto-William, count of Burgundy
• November 27 – Adalbold II, bishop of Utrecht
• Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, French queen and regent
• Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine (Lotharingia)
• Henry V, duke of Bavaria (House of Luxembourg)
• Hugh IV, lord of Lusignan (approximate date)
• Leo of Vercelli, German archdeacon and bishop

References

1. Tsunami Event Information, National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service: NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7 , retrieved December 14, 2024
2. Jonathan Riley-Smith (2004). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Volume IV c.1024–c.1198. p. 72. ISBN   978-0-521-41411-1.
3. Josis–Roland, Françoise (1970). "La basilique Notre-Dame de Walcourt" [The basilica of Our Lady in Walcourt](PDF). Bulletin de la Commission Royale des Monuments et des Sites (in French): 65. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
4. Lucy Margaret Smith (1920). The Early History of the Monastery of Cluny. Oxford University Press.
5. Dated 1025 by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , which gives the victory to Sweden.