1016

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century 11th century 12th century
Decades:	990s 1000s 1010s 1020s 1030s
Years:	1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019

1016 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1016 MXVI
Ab urbe condita	1769
Armenian calendar	465 ԹՎ ՆԿԵ
Assyrian calendar	5766
Balinese saka calendar	937–938
Bengali calendar	423
Berber calendar	1966
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1560
Burmese calendar	378
Byzantine calendar	6524–6525
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3713 or 3506     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3714 or 3507
Coptic calendar	732–733
Discordian calendar	2182
Ethiopian calendar	1008–1009
Hebrew calendar	4776–4777
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1072–1073
- Shaka Samvat	937–938
- Kali Yuga	4116–4117
Holocene calendar	11016
Igbo calendar	16–17
Iranian calendar	394–395
Islamic calendar	406–407
Japanese calendar	Chōwa 5 (長和５年)
Javanese calendar	918–919
Julian calendar	1016 MXVI
Korean calendar	3349
Minguo calendar	896 before ROC 民前896年
Nanakshahi calendar	−452
Seleucid era	1327/1328 AG
Thai solar calendar	1558–1559
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1142 or 761 or −11     — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1143 or 762 or −10

Year 1016 (MXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Asia

• March 10 – Emperor Sanjō abdicates the throne of Japan, and soon afterwards is succeeded by his cousin Emperor Go-Ichijō, aged about 8.

Europe

• March 25 – Battle of Nesjar (off the coast of Norway): Olaf Haraldsson is victorious over former co-regent Sweyn Haakonsson, confirming his status as King of Norway.
• April 23 – Æthelred, King of England, dies, and is succeeded by his son Edmund Ironside.
• c. August – Battle of Brentford (near London): King Edmund defeats the Danes under Cnut, Prince of Denmark.
• October 18 – Battle of Assandun: Cnut defeats Edmund, leaving the latter as king of Wessex only.
• November 30 – King Edmund dies, and Cnut takes control of the whole of the Kingdom of England.
• The Pisan and the Genoese republics launch a naval offensive against the Muslim strongholds of Sardinia, in particular Porto Torres, and defeat the fleet of the taifa king of Dénia, Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī.
• Melus of Bari makes a second attempt against Byzantine-held Southern Italy. To support his cause, he hires Norman mercenaries, unwittingly triggering the rise of Norman rule over southern Italy.
• Georgius Tzul, ruler of Khazaria, is captured by a combined Byzantine Empire–Kievan Rus' force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence.

Arabian Empire

• January 7 – Fath al-Qal'i, governor of the Citadel of Aleppo, revolts against Emir Mansur ibn Lu'lu', forcing him to flee. Fath accepts an agreement with Salih ibn Mirdas and takes control of Aleppo.

Births

• April 3 – Emperor Xingzong of Liao (d. 1055)
• June 9 – Deokjong of Goryeo, ruler or Korea (d. 1034)
• July 25 – Duke Casimir I the Restorer (Kazimierz I Odnowiciel), ruler of Poland (d. 1058)
• August 24 – Fujiwara no Genshi, Japanese Empress Consort (d. 1039)
• Edward the Exile – son of King Edmund Ironside of England (d. 1057)
• Empress Cao – Song Dynasty Empress Consort and regent (d. 1079)
• Không Lộ – Vietnamese Zen master (d. 1094)
• Svein Knutsson – King of Norway (d. 1035)

Deaths

• April 23 – Æthelred the Unready, King of England (b. c.968)
• November 30 – Edmund Ironside, King of England
• Badis ibn Mansur, third ruler of the Zirid dynasty in North Africa

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• Kleinhenz, Christopher, ed. (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-0415939294. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

• Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd / Barrie & Jenkins. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0712656160. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

• Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0304357307. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)