Explore 13 historical events from 1010–1019.
Vikings were a seafaring people originally from Scandinavia, who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe. They …
The Vikings were defeated by the Irish at the Battle of Clontarf
The Battle of Clontarf took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Nors…
Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle
Brian Boru was the High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014. He ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill, and is likely responsible for ending Viking inva…
Brian Boru, Irish king (born 941)
Edmund Ironside was King of the English from 23 April to 30 November 1016. Edmund's reign was spent fighting against a Danish invasion led by Cnut.
Edmund Ironside became King of England, reigning for only seven months before the country was conquered by Cnut the Grea
Edmund Ironside was King of the English from 23 April to 30 November 1016. Edmund's reign was spent fighting against a Danish invasion led by Cnut.
Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England
Domnall mac Eimín meic Cainnig was an eleventh-century Mormaer of Mar. He is attested by numerous accounts of the Battle of Clontarf in which he is said to have lost his life suppo…
Domnall mac Eimín, Mormaer of Mar
Hisham II or Abu'l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah was the third Umayyad Caliph of Spain, in Al-Andalus from 976 to 1009, and from 1010 to 1013.
Hisham II, Umayyad caliph of Córdoba (born 966)
Æthelred II, known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from March 978 to December 1013 and again from February 1014 until his death. The epithet "Unready" is a pun on …
Æthelred the Unready, English son of Edgar the Peaceful (born 968)
Ælfheah, more commonly known today as Alphege, was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of Canterbury from 1006 to 1012. He became an anchorite before being electe…
Ælfheah of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint (born 954)
Pope Sergius IV was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 31 July 1009 to his death. His temporal power was eclipsed by the patrician John Crescentius. Serg…
Sergius IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 970)
Edmund Ironside was King of the English from 23 April to 30 November 1016. Edmund's reign was spent fighting against a Danish invasion led by Cnut.
Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England
Æthelred II, known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from March 978 to December 1013 and again from February 1014 until his death. The epithet "Unready" is a pun on …
Æthelred the Unready, English son of Edgar the Peaceful (born 968)
Edmund Ironside was King of the English from 23 April to 30 November 1016. Edmund's reign was spent fighting against a Danish invasion led by Cnut.
Edmund Ironside became King of England, reigning for only seven months before the country was conquered by Cnut the Grea
The Battle of Clontarf took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Nors…
Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle
Brian Boru was the High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014. He ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill, and is likely responsible for ending Viking inva…
Brian Boru, Irish king (born 941)
Domnall mac Eimín meic Cainnig was an eleventh-century Mormaer of Mar. He is attested by numerous accounts of the Battle of Clontarf in which he is said to have lost his life suppo…
Domnall mac Eimín, Mormaer of Mar
Bagrat III, also known as Bagrat the Unifier, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Abkhazia from 978 and king of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1008 until …
Bagrat III, 1st King of Georgia (born 960)
Vikings were a seafaring people originally from Scandinavia, who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe. They …
The Vikings were defeated by the Irish at the Battle of Clontarf
Hisham II or Abu'l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah was the third Umayyad Caliph of Spain, in Al-Andalus from 976 to 1009, and from 1010 to 1013.
Hisham II, Umayyad caliph of Córdoba (born 966)
The counts of Tusculum or Tuscolo, also known as the Theophylacti, were a family of secular noblemen from Latium that maintained a powerful position in Rome between the 10th and 12…
The comital family of Tusculum arranges the election of the count's son as Sergius IV following the death of Pope Marinu
Ælfheah, more commonly known today as Alphege, was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of Canterbury from 1006 to 1012. He became an anchorite before being electe…
Ælfheah of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint (born 954)
Pope Sergius IV was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 31 July 1009 to his death. His temporal power was eclipsed by the patrician John Crescentius. Serg…
Sergius IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 970)
Emperor Renzong of Song, personal name Zhao Zhen, was the fourth emperor of the Northern Song dynasty of China. He reigned for about 41 years from 1022 to his death in 1063, making…
Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1063)