1034

Year 1034 (MXXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Zoë, who marries her chamberlain, and elevates him to the throne of the Byzantine Empire, as Michael IV. Romanos is buried in the Church of St. Mary Peribleptos in Constantinople.^[1]

• Spring – Emperor
  Burgundy, while two Italian armies led by Archbishop Aribert and Boniface III (margrave of Tuscany) head over the Alps and join with Count Humbert I at Great St. Bernard Pass
  .
• March – Conrad II converges his armies on Lake Lemano and defeats Count Odo II in battle at Geneva (modern Switzerland). For his assistance, Conrad grants Humbert I with the Burgundian county of Maurienne.
• May – King Mieszko II dies after a 6-year reign (probably killed as a result of a conspiracy) and is succeeded by his 17-year-old son Casimir I (the Restorer). A violent revolt spreads throughout Poland.
• King Sancho III (the Great) of Pamplona captures León, after defeating a string of rivals. His rule now extends from the borders of Galicia in the west to the County of Barcelona in the east.
• Summer – Poland is broke up into regions (during the so-called Pagan Reaction). Queen Richeza, Casimir I and his sisters Ryksa and Gertruda are driven into exile in Germany.^[2]
• November 25 – King Malcolm II dies in battle at Glamis. He is succeeded by Duncan I, son of his eldest daughter, rather than Macbeth, who is possibly another grandson of his.^[3]
• In Al-Andalus, benefiting from the weakening of the Muslim central authority, the count of Portugal, Gonçalo Maia, conquers Montemor-o-Velho (approximate date).
• Franche-Comté becomes subject to the Holy Roman Empire.

Africa

• A Pisan and Genovese fleet attack Bona (modern Annaba) on the Maghribi coast (modern Tunisia). The city is occupied for one year.^[4]

Births

• Joscelin I de Courtenay, French nobleman (House of Courtenay)
• Khön Könchok Gyalpo, founder of Sakya Monastery (d. 1102)

Deaths

• February 21 – Hawise of Normandy, French duchess and regent
• March 21 – Ezzo (or Ehrenfried), German count palatine
• April 11 – Romanos III (Argyros), Byzantine emperor (b. 968)
• October 31 – Deokjong, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 1016)
• November 9 – Oldřich (or Odalric), duke of Bohemia
• Theodoric II, margrave of Lower Lusatia
• November 25 – Malcolm II, king of Alba (Scotland)
• December 8 – Æthelric (or Brihtmær), English bishop
• Adémar de Chabannes, French monk and historian
• Ali ibn Hasan (Ali-Tegin), Karakhanid ruler (khagan)
• Amlaíb mac Sitriuc, Norse-Gaelic king of Dublin
• Bernard Roger, French nobleman (approximate date)
• Manuchihr I, Persian ruler (shah) of Shirvan
• Matilda of Franconia, daughter of Conrad II
• Mieszko II (St. Lambert), king of Poland
• Qian Weiyan, Chinese politician and poet
• Salim ibn Mustafad, Mirdasid rebel leader
• Samuel ben Hofni, Jewish rabbi and writer

References