Editing 1010

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{{C11 year in topic}}Year '''1010''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Africa ====
* The [[Nile]] river in Egypt freezes over.{{sfn|Lamb|2012}}

==== Asia ====
* The [[Lý dynasty]] is established in [[Vietnam]] (or [[1009]]), and moves the capital to [[Thăng Long]] (modern-day [[Hanoi]]).
* [[Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War]]: The [[Goryeo]] king is unseated in a revolt, resulting in an invasion by the [[Liao dynasty]], and the burning of the Korean capital [[Gaegyeong]].
* [[Song Zhun]] of [[Song dynasty]] [[China]] completes the work of the earlier geographer Lu Duosun, an enormous [[atlas]] of China that is written and illustrated in 1,556 chapters, showing maps of each region, city, town, and village (the atlas took 39 years to complete).
* In the [[Chola dynasty]] of southern India, the first votes are celebrated by adding a ballot in an urn.

==== Japan ====
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Kenshi (daughter of Michinaga)]] is married to the imperial heir Crown Prince [[Emperor Sanjō|Okisada]].
* [[February 14]] &ndash; On the death of [[Fujiwara no Korechika]] his daughter, the poet [[Fujiwara no Chikako]], becomes a lady-in-waiting to Empress Shōshi.
* [[Emperor Ichijō]] wants to retire – the influential statesman [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]] supports Crown Prince [[Emperor Sanjō|Okisada]] (now his son-in-law), who will be the successor, but the emperor prefers his eldest son by the late Empress [[Fujiwara no Teishi|Teishi]], Prince Atsuyasu, who has been raised by [[Empress Shōshi]], who also supports her stepson, leading to conflict at court.

==== American ====
* [[Viking]] explorer [[Thorfinn Karlsefni]] attempts to found a settlement in [[North America]] (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Fitna of al-Andalus]] &ndash; [[Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr]]: The [[Caliphate of Córdoba]] is defeated.   Allied to Muslim rebels, [[Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona]] sacks Córdoba,{{sfn|Boissonade|1934}} and [[Hisham II]] ''the Nephast'' is restored as [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph of Córdoba, succeeding [[Muhammad II of Córdoba|Muhammad II al-Mahdi]].
* The Russian city of [[Yaroslavl]] is founded, as an outpost of the [[principality]] of [[Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast|Rostov Veliky]].

=== By topic === 

==== Architecture ====
* The 217 ft (66 m) tall [[Brihadisvara Temple]] is completed.</onlyinclude>

==== Art ====
* The construction of [[Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur|Brihadisvara Temple]] in [[Thanjavur]] (a city now in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]) is completed during the [[Chola dynasty]], and at about this time the wall painting ''Rajaraja I and His Teacher''

==== Literature ====
* [[March 8]] &ndash; Persian poet [[Ferdowsi]] finishes writing the ''[[Shahnameh]]'' (Book of Kings), which will be regarded as the [[national epic]] of the [[greater Iran]]ian culture.
* [[Lady Murasaki]] writes ''[[The Tale of Genji]]'' in Japanese (approximate date).
* ''[[Beowulf]]'' is written anonymously in [[Old English]] (approximate date).

==== Technology ====
* [[Eilmer of Malmesbury]] in England attempts flight in a [[Glider (aircraft)|glider]] of his own construction.

== Births ==
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Emperor Renzong of Song|Zhao Zhen]], Emperor Renzong of the [[Song dynasty]] (d. [[1063]])
* [[Adalbero of Würzburg|Adalbero]], bishop of [[Bishopric of Würzburg|Würzburg]] (approximate date)
* [[Adalbero III of Luxembourg]], German [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[1072]])
* [[Akkadevi]], princess of the [[Chalukya dynasty]] (d. [[1064]])
* [[Anno II]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Cologne]] (approximate date)
* [[Arialdo]], Italian nobleman and [[deacon]] (approximate date)
* [[Benno of Meissen|Benno]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen|Meissen]] (approximate date) 
* [[Eberhard (archbishop of Trier)|Eberhard]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier|Trier]] (approximate date)
* [[Eleanor of Normandy]], countess of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] (d. [[1077]])
* [[Gebhard of Salzburg|Gebhard]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Salzburg|Salzburg]] (approximate date)
* [[Gomes Echigues]], Portuguese knight and governor (d. [[1065]])
* [[Antipope Honorius II|Honorius II]], antipope of the [[Catholic Church]] (approximate date)
* [[John V of Gaeta]], Italian nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Michael IV the Paphlagonian]], Byzantine emperor (d. [[1041]])
* [[Odo of Gascony|Odo]] (or Eudes), Gascon nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Otloh of Sankt Emmeram]], German monk (approximate date)
* [[Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim|Siegfried I]], German nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Tunka Manin]], ruler of the [[Ghana Empire]] (d. [[1078]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Korechika]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[974]])
* [[Ælfric of Eynsham]], English [[abbot]] and scholar (approximate date)
* [[Abu'l-Nasr Muhammad]], Farighunid ruler (approximate date)
* [[Aimoin of Fleury|Aimoin]], French monk and [[chronicle]]r (approximate date)
* [[Aisha (poet)|Aisha]], Andalusian poet and writer (approximate date)
* [[Cathal mac Conchobar mac Taidg]], king of [[Connacht]]
* [[Ermengol I, Count of Urgell|Ermengol I]] (or Armengol), count of [[County of Urgell|Urgell]] (b. 974)
* [[John Kourkouas (catepan)|John Kourkouas]], Byzantine [[Catepanate of Italy|catepan]] (approximate date)
* [[Maelsuthan Ua Cerbhail]], Irish advisor and chronicler
* [[Vijayanandi]], Indian [[mathematician]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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==Sources==

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* {{cite journal
| last1     = Boissonade
| first1    = B.
| title     = Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)
| journal   = Bulletin Hispanique
| date      = 1934
| volume    = 36
| issue     = 1
| pages     = 5–28
| url       = http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/hispa_0007-4640_1934_num_36_1_2607
| doi       = 10.3406/hispa.1934.2607
}}

* {{cite book
| last1      = Lamb
| first1     = H. H.
| date       = 2012
| orig-year  = 1977
| title      = Climate: Present, Past and Future: Climatic History and the Future
| volume     = 2
| publisher  = Methuen and Co. / Routledge
| location   = London
| isbn       = 978-0415682237
}}

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