Editing 1029

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Year '''1029''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Asia ====
* March/April: The [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid]] Sultan [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Maḥmūd]] sacks brutally the city of [[Rayy]] after having received a request for help by its [[Buyyid]] ruler [[Majd al-Dawla]] for help against his rebellious troops. He crucifies a large number of the local population and burns many books that he considers heretical.<ref>{{Encyclopædia Iranica| last = Nagel | first = Tilman | title = Buyids | url = https://iranicaonline.org/articles/buyids | year = 1990 | volume=4 | fascicle=6 | pages = 578–586 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Tetley |first1=G. E. |title=The Ghaznavid and Seljuk Turks: Poetry as a Source for Iranian History |date=27 October 2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-08438-8 |pages=70–71 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVV9AgAAQBAJ |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* Prince [[Pandulf IV of Capua]] becomes the ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of southern [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] – holding Capua and [[Duchy of Naples|Naples]] himself – this in support with his powerful allies [[Duchy of Amalfi|Amalfi]], [[Principality of Salerno|Salerno]] and [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]]. Only the [[Duchy of Gaeta]] remains out of his grasp. 
* [[Rainulf Drengot]], head of a mercenary band of [[Normans|Norman]] knights, is approached by Duke [[John V of Gaeta]] and is persuaded to change sides. With Norman help, Duke [[Sergius IV of Naples|Sergius IV]] recovers Naples from Capuan occupation.
* Duke [[Bretislav I]] ('''Bohemian Achilles''') of [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]] of the [[Přemyslid dynasty|Přemyslid Dynasty]] reconquers [[Moravia]] from [[Greater Poland|Poland]] (approximate date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The seat of the [[Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz|Bishopric of Zeitz]] is moved to [[Naumburg]] ([[Saxony-Anhalt]]) in [[Central Germany (cultural area)|Central Germany]].
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== Births ==
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Alp Arslan]] ('''Heroic Lion'''), sultan of the [[Seljuk Empire]] (d. [[1072]])
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Al-Mustansir Billah]], caliph of the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] (d. [[1094]])
* [[Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī]], Arab astrologer and [[Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world|astronomer]] (d. [[1087]])
* [[Al-Humaydī]], Andalusian scholar and writer of [[Islamic studies]] (d. [[1095]])
* [[Antipope Clement III|Clement III]], antipope of the [[Catholic Church]] (approximate date)
* [[Princess Kaoruko|Kaoruko]] (or '''Saien-no Kogo'''), Japanese empress consort (d. [[1093]])
* [[Said al-Andalusi]], Moorish astronomer and [[mathematician]] (d. [[1070]])
* [[Ulrich of Zell]] (or '''Wulderic'''), German [[abbot]] and saint (d. [[1093]])

== Deaths ==
* January 20 &ndash; [[Queen Heonae|Heonae]], Korean queen consort and [[regent]] (b. [[964]])
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Unwan]] (or '''Unwin'''), archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg|Hamburg]]-[[Archbishopric of Bremen|Bremen]]
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Herman, Count of Verdun|Herman of Ename]], count of [[County of Verdun|Verdun]] ([[Lower Lorraine]]) 
* [[Abu'l-Qasim Jafar]], Buyid statesman and [[vizier]] ([[Fasanjas family]])
* [[Al-Karaji]], Persian mathematician and engineer (approximate date)
* [[Fujiwara no Kinsue]], Japanese statesman and courtier (b. [[957]])
* [[Fujiwara no Tametoki]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (approximate date)
* [[Haakon Ericsson]], Norwegian [[Vikings|Viking]] nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Ibn al-Kattani]], Moorish astrologer, poet and [[physician]] (b. [[951]])
* [[Kushyar Gilani]], Persian mathematician and [[geographer]] (b. [[971]]) 
* [[Lu Zongdao]], Chinese official and politician (approximate date)
* [[Salih ibn Mirdas]], Arab founder of the [[Mirdasid dynasty|Mirdasid Dynasty]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zakkar |first1=Suhayl |title=The Emirate of Aleppo: 1004–1094 |date=1971 |publisher=Dar al-Amanah |location=Beirut |url={{Google Books|sbltAAAAMAAJ|plainurl=y}} |page = 100|oclc=759803726}}</ref>

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