Year 1026 ( MXXVI) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

* Spring – King Conrad II, "the Elder", assembles an army of thousands of armored knights for an expedition into Italy. He besieges Pavia and marches to Milan, where he is crowned with the Iron Crown by Archbishop

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as king of the Lombards. Duke William V ("the Great") of Aquitaine, who is already en route for Italy, decides to renounce his claim to the Lombard throne and turns back. * April – Conrad II punishes the citizens of Pavia with

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, with the help of Milanese troops, for burning down the Royal Palace. He appoints Aribert as his viceroy ("imperial vicar") in Italy and charges him to ensure that the order is complied with. * Summer – Conrad II leaves the bulk of his army at the siege of Pavia, and marches to Ravenna. The Ravennan militias close the town gates and assault the imperial train. Conrad rallies his troops and takes Ravenna, taking bloody revenge. *

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– The

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, present-day Belgium, is consecrated by Bishop . * Conrad II proceeds to

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, but a malarian outbreak forces him to withdraw back up north to the

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. He subdues the March of Turin, where Count

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opposes the election of Conrad. * Autumn – Pavia falls to the imperial forces. Only the intervention of Odilo of Cluny persuades Conrad to have mercy on the city and the defeated rebels. * Battle of Helgeå (off the coast of

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): Naval forces of King Cnut the Great's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets.Dated 1025 by the ''

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'', which gives the victory to Sweden. * 9-year-old Henry "the Black" is made duke of Bavaria by his father, Conrad II, after the death of his predecessor

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. * Pietro Barbolano becomes 28th doge of

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Asia

* A

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revolt against the Liao dynasty is suppressed, with the Zubu forced to pay an annual tribute of horses, camels and furs.

Births

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, Lombard Benedictine abbot (d.

1118 Year 1118 ( MCXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * August 15 – Emperor Alexios I Komnenos dies after a 37-year reign, in whic ...

) * Tostig Godwinson, earl of Northumbria (approximate date) * Pope Victor III, born Dauferio, Lombard churchman (approximate date) *

William Firmatus William Firmatus (french: Guillaume Firmat; 1026–1103) was a Norman hermit and pilgrim of the eleventh century, now venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Life William Firmatus was a canon and a physician of Tours, France. Following ...

, Norman hermit and pilgrim (d.

1103 Year 1103 ( MCIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant * Spring – Bohemond I, Norman prince of Antioch, is released from Seljuk imprison ...

)

Deaths

* June 10 – Hugh II, French viscount and archbishop * August 28 – Richard II, "the Good", duke of Normandy * August 30 – Bononio, Lombard hermit and abbot * September 21 – Otto-William, count of

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November 27 Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han. * 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of " Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the ...

– Adalbold II, bishop of Utrecht *

Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou( –1026) was, by her successive marriages, countess of Gévaudan and Forez, of Toulouse, of Provence, and of Burgundy, and queen of Aquitaine. She was the regent of Gevaudan during the minority of her sons in the 960 ...

, French queen and regent * Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine ( Lotharingia) *

, duke of Bavaria ( House of Luxembourg) * Hugh IV, lord of Lusignan (approximate date) * Leo of Vercelli, German

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and bishop

References

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