1030

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century 11th century 12th century
Decades:	1010s 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s
Years:	1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033

1030 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1030 MXXX
Ab urbe condita	1783
Armenian calendar	479 ԹՎ ՆՀԹ
Assyrian calendar	5780
Balinese saka calendar	951–952
Bengali calendar	437
Berber calendar	1980
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1574
Burmese calendar	392
Byzantine calendar	6538–6539
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3727 or 3520     — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3728 or 3521
Coptic calendar	746–747
Discordian calendar	2196
Ethiopian calendar	1022–1023
Hebrew calendar	4790–4791
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1086–1087
- Shaka Samvat	951–952
- Kali Yuga	4130–4131
Holocene calendar	11030
Igbo calendar	30–31
Iranian calendar	408–409
Islamic calendar	420–421
Japanese calendar	Chōgen 3 (長元３年)
Javanese calendar	932–933
Julian calendar	1030 MXXX
Korean calendar	3363
Minguo calendar	882 before ROC 民前882年
Nanakshahi calendar	−438
Seleucid era	1341/1342 AG
Thai solar calendar	1572–1573
Tibetan calendar	阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1156 or 775 or 3     — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1157 or 776 or 4

King Olaf II (left) is killed at Stiklestad.

Year 1030 (MXXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Battle of Azaz: Emperor Romanos III (Argyros) decides to retaliate upon the incursions of the Muslims on the eastern frontier. He leads an Byzantine expeditionary force (20,000 men) to secure Antioch. Emir Shibl al-Dawla Nasr sues for peace, but Romanos refuses to negotiate. The Byzantine army invades Syria and encampes in Azaz (near Aleppo). There, they are encircled by the Arabs (Mirdasids) who cut off the Byzantines from food and water. Romanos orders a retreat to Antioch. As the army is exhausted from the heat and the lack of supplies, the retreat soon turns into a flight in panic – with probably 10,000 killed.

Europe

• June – Emperor Conrad II (the Elder) leads a invasion into Hungary. He plunders the lands west of the River Rába, but suffers from consequences of the scorched earth tactics used by the Hungarians. Conrad, threatened by starvation, is forced to retreat back to Germany. King Stephen I pursues his forces, which are defeated and captured by the Hungarians at Vienna.
• July 29 – Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II Haraldsson (St. Olaf) attemps to reconquer Norway with help from King Anund Jakob of Sweden. He is defeated by an superior Norwegian peasant and Danish army (14,000 men). Olaf is killed in the battle, he is later canonized and becomes the patron saint of Norway and Rex perpetuum Norvegiae ('the eternal king of Norway').
• The first mention is made of Tartu, Estonia, as Grand Prince Yaroslav I (the Wise) of Novgorod and Kiev defeats the Chuds, and founds a fort named Yuryev (modern-day Tartu).
• The first mention is made of Thalwil, Switzerland, which is derived from Tellewilare, and indicates the early medieval orgins of Thalwil as an Alemannic farmstead.
• Henry I revolts against his father King Robert II (the Pious) in a civil war over power and property. Robert's army is defeated, and he retreats to Beaugency.

Asia

• April 30 – Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni dies after a 28-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Mas'ud I who seizes the throne of the Ghaznavid Empire, which includes much of Afghanistan, Iran and India.
• Ouyang Xiu, an Chinese historian and scholar, obtains his jinshi degree at the age of 23, by passing the imperial examinations in the country, leading him into a distinguished path as a scholar-official.

Births

• July 21 – Kyansittha, king of the Pagan Dynasty (Burma)
• July 26 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków (d. 1079)
• Adelaide of Eilenburg, German noblewoman (approximate date)
• Baldwin VI (the Good), count of Flanders (approximate date)
• Vsevolod I Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1093)

Deaths

• January 10 – Thietmar, margrave of the Saxon Ostmark
• January 31 – William V (the Great), duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)
• March 10 – Welf II, German nobleman (Elder House of Welf)
• April 30 – Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (b. 971)
• July 19 – Adalberon, French bishop and poet (or 1031)
• July 29
  • Bjørn Stallare, Norwegian Viking servant and diplomat
  • Olaf II Haraldsson (St. Olaf), king of Norway
  • Torstein Knarresmed, Norwegian Viking warrior
• Al-Musabbihi, Fatimid historian and official (b. 977)
• Cú Mara mac Maic Liac, Irish poet and Chief Ollam
• Fan Kuan, Chinese landscape painter (approximate date)
• Gormflaith ingen Murchada, Irish queen (b. 960)
• Krešimir III, king of Croatia (Trpimirović Dynasty)
• Miskawayh, Persian official and philosopher (b. 932)
• Ogive of Luxembourg, countess of Flanders (b. 995)
• Skapti Þóroddsson, Icelandic lawspeaker and skald
• Tadg in Eich Gil, king of Connacht (approximate date)
• William IV, count of Provence (approximate date)