Explore 18 historical events from 1030–1039.
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sabuktigin, usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi, was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, ruling from 998 to 1030. Widely reputed to be undefea…
Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (born 971)
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 …
Dirk III, Count of Holland (born 981)
Gotthard, also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, was a German bishop venerated as a saint.
Gotthard of Hildesheim, German bishop (born 960)
Emperor Go-Ichijō was the 68th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (born 1008)
Berenguer Ramon I, called the Crooked or the Hunchback, was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1018 to his death.
Berenguer Ramon I, Spanish nobleman (born 1005)
Baldwin IV, called the Bearded, was the count of Flanders from 987 until his death.
Baldwin IV, count of Flanders (born 980)
Conrad II, also known as Conrad the Elder and Conrad the Salic, was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian…
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 990)
Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥākim, better known with his regnal name al-Ẓāhir li-Iʿzāz Dīn Allāh, was the seventh caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (1021–1036). Al-Zahir assumed the calip…
Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph (born 1005)
Tedald, also known as Theodald, Theodaldus, Tedaldus, Tedaldo, Teodaldus, Teodaltus, or Teodaldo, was the forty-third Bishop of Arezzo from 1023 until his death.
Tedald, Italian bishop (born 990)
Emperor Shengzong of Liao, personal name Wenshunu, sinicised name Yelü Longxu, was the sixth emperor of the Khitan-led Chinese Liao dynasty and its longest reigning monarch.
Sheng Zong, Chinese emperor (born 972)
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 …
Dirk III, Count of Holland (born 981)
Conrad II, also known as Conrad the Elder and Conrad the Salic, was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian…
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 990)
Gotthard, also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, was a German bishop venerated as a saint.
Gotthard of Hildesheim, German bishop (born 960)
Emperor Go-Ichijō was the 68th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (born 1008)
Tedald, also known as Theodald, Theodaldus, Tedaldus, Tedaldo, Teodaldus, Teodaltus, or Teodaldo, was the forty-third Bishop of Arezzo from 1023 until his death.
Tedald, Italian bishop (born 990)
Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥākim, better known with his regnal name al-Ẓāhir li-Iʿzāz Dīn Allāh, was the seventh caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (1021–1036). Al-Zahir assumed the calip…
Ali az-Zahir, Fatimid caliph (born 1005)
Berenguer Ramon I, called the Crooked or the Hunchback, was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1018 to his death.
Berenguer Ramon I, Spanish nobleman (born 1005)
Baldwin IV, called the Bearded, was the count of Flanders from 987 until his death.
Baldwin IV, count of Flanders (born 980)
William the Conqueror, sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normand…
William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigning until 1087.
Emperor Shengzong of Liao, personal name Wenshunu, sinicised name Yelü Longxu, was the sixth emperor of the Khitan-led Chinese Liao dynasty and its longest reigning monarch.
Sheng Zong, Chinese emperor (born 972)
Taira no Tadatsune was a Japanese samurai lord and gōzoku in the Heian period. He was the head of the Taira clan in the early 11th century, and an ancestor of the Chiba clan. He s…
Taira no Tadatsune, Japanese governor
Robert II, called the Pious or the Wise, was king of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned junior king in 987, he assisted his father on milita…
Robert II, king of France (born 972)
The Earls of Lade were a dynasty of Norse jarls who ruled what is now Trøndelag and Hålogaland from the 9th century to the 11th century. Lade is sometimes called Hlathðr or Hlathir…
Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian…
Kyansittha was king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1084 to 1112/13, and is considered one of the greatest Burmese monarchs. He continued the social, economic and cult…
Kyansittha, King of Burma (died 1112)
Stanislaus of Szczepanów was a Polish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Kraków and was martyred by the Polish King Bolesław II the Bold. He is the patron saint of Poland.
Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and saint (died 1079)
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sabuktigin, usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi, was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, ruling from 998 to 1030. Widely reputed to be undefea…
Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (born 971)
Adalberon, or Ascelin, was a French bishop and poet. He was a son of Reginar of Bastogne, the son of Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau, the son of Count Palatine Wigeric of Lot…
Adalberon, French bishop
Olaf Haraldsson, also called Saint Olaf, Olaf the Holy, Olaf II, and Olaf the Stout or "Large", was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfol…
Olaf II of Norway (born 995)