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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century - 11th century - 12th century |
| Decades: | 1010s 1020s 1030s - 1040s - 1050s 1060s 1070s |
| Years: | 1037 1038 1039 - 1040 - 1041 1042 1043 |
| 1040 by topic | |
| Lists of leaders | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1040 MXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1793 |
| Armenian calendar | 489 ԹՎ ՆՁԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -804 – -803 |
| Berber calendar | 1990 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1584 |
| Burmese calendar | 402 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6548 – 6549 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年十二月十五日 (3676/3736-12-15) — to —
庚辰年十一月廿五日(3677/3737-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | 756 – 757 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1032 – 1033 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4800 – 4801 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1095 – 1096 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 962 – 963 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4141 – 4142 |
| Holocene calendar | 11040 |
| Iranian calendar | 418 – 419 |
| Islamic calendar | 431 – 432 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3373 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1583 |
Events
- May 23 - Battle of Dandanaqan: Seljuk Turks defeat the Ghaznavids.
- June 17 — Harthacanute lands at Sandwich and reclaims the English Throne.
- August 15 — King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth, who succeeds him as King of Scotland.
- The oldest brewery still active is founded at Weihenstephan.
- The Shalu Monastery is founded in Tibet.
- Printing using woodblocks is invented in China (approximate date).
Births
- February 22 — Rashi, French rabbi and commentator (d. 1105)
- June 27 — King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
- Al-Bakri, Spanish Muslim geographer (approximate date)
Deaths
- March 17 — Harold Harefoot, King of England
- August 15 — King Duncan I of Scotland (b. 1001)
- October 1 — Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)
- Masud, Ghaznavid emperor
- Guido d'Arezzo, Italian music teacher
- Hugh, Count of Suio
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