Explore 27 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)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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
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
Dirk III was the count with jurisdiction over what would become the county of Holland, often referred to in this period as "West Frisia", from 993 to 27 May 1039. Until 1005, this …
Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.
Henry I, known as Henry the Strong, was the Margrave of Austria from 994 to his death in 1018. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.
Henry I, margrave of Austria
Emperor Sanjō was the 67th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Sanjō, emperor of Japan (born 976)
Leo Passianos was the Byzantine general sent by the Catapan of Italy Leo Tornikios Kontoleon to fight the Lombard rebel Melus of Bari in 1017. He is not to be confused with the oth…
Leo Passianos, Byzantine general
Genshin was a prominent Japanese monk of the Tendai school, recognized for his significant contributions to both Tendai thought and Pure Land Buddhism. Genshin studied under Ryōge…
Genshin, Japanese scholar (born 942)
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
Deokjong, personal name Wang Hŭm, was the 9th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. The son of King Hyeonjong, he was confirmed as Crown Prince in 1022. During his reign, the compil…
Deokjong of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (died 1034)
Casimir I the Restorer, a member of the Piast dynasty, was the duke of Poland from 1040 until his death. Casimir was the son of Mieszko II Lambert and Richeza of Lotharingia. He is…
Casimir I the Restorer, duke of Poland (died 1058)
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
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The…
Vladimir the Great, Grand prince of Kievan Rus' (born c. 958)
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
The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan pen…
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian…
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)
Æthelstan Ætheling was the eldest son of King Æthelred the Unready by his first wife Ælfgifu, and was the heir apparent to the kingdom until his death. He is first mentioned as a …
Æthelstan Ætheling, son of Æthelred the Unready
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 Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan pen…
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Byzantine forces defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion in the…
Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple, also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathema…
Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1054)
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)