1029
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1029 MXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1782 |
| Armenian calendar | 478 ԹՎ ՆՀԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5779 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 950–951 |
| Bengali calendar | 436 |
| Berber calendar | 1979 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1573 |
| Burmese calendar | 391 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6537–6538 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3726 or 3519 — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3727 or 3520 |
| Coptic calendar | 745–746 |
| Discordian calendar | 2195 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1021–1022 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4789–4790 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1085–1086 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 950–951 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4129–4130 |
| Holocene calendar | 11029 |
| Igbo calendar | 29–30 |
| Iranian calendar | 407–408 |
| Islamic calendar | 419–420 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōgen 2 (長元２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 931–932 |
| Julian calendar | 1029 MXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3362 |
| Minguo calendar | 883 before ROC 民前883年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −439 |
| Seleucid era | 1340/1341 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1571–1572 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1155 or 774 or 2 — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1156 or 775 or 3 |
Year 1029 (MXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
By place[edit]
Europe[edit]
- Prince Pandulf IV of Capua becomes the de facto ruler of southern Italy – holding Capua and Naples himself – this in support with his powerful allies Amalfi, Salerno and Benevento. Only the Duchy of Gaeta remains out of his grasp.
- Rainulf Drengot, head of a mercenary band of Norman knights, is approached by Duke John V of Gaeta and is persuaded to change sides. With Norman help, Duke Sergius IV recovers Naples from Capuan occupation.
- Duke Bretislav I (Bohemian Achilles) of Bohemia of the Přemyslid Dynasty reconquers Moravia from Poland (approximate date).
By topic[edit]
Religion[edit]
- The seat of the Bishopric of Zeitz is moved to Naumburg (Saxony-Anhalt) in Central Germany.
Births[edit]
- January 20 – Alp Arslan (Heroic Lion), sultan of the Seljuk Empire (d. 1072)
- July 5 – Al-Mustansir Billah, caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate (d. 1094)
- Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Arab astrologer and astronomer (d. 1087)
- Al-Humaydī, Andalusian scholar and writer of Islamic studies (d. 1095)
- Clement III, antipope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)
- 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[edit]
- January 20 – Heonae, Korean queen consort and regent (b. 964)
- January 27 – Unwan (or Unwin), archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
- May 28 – Herman of Ename, count of 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 nobleman (approximate date)
- Haakon Ericsson, Norwegian 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