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

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 – Stephen I of Hungary forces the invading armies of the Holy Roman Empire, led by Conrad II, to retreat back to Germany.
• July 29 – Battle of Stiklestad (Norway): Olaf II of Norway loses to his pagan vassals, and 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 city of Kaunas, Lithuania is founded.
• The first mention is made of Tartu, Estonia, as Yaroslav the Wise of Novgorod and Kiev defeats the Chuds, and founds a fort named Yuryev (modern Tartu).
• The earliest mention is made of Thalwil, Switzerland.
• Henry I of France revolts against his father Robert.

Asia

• April 30 — Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni dies after a reign of 36 years, and his son, Mas'ud soon seizes the throne of the Ghaznavid Empire, which includes much of Afghanistan, Iran and India.
• The Song Dynasty Chinese historian and scholar Ouyang Xiu obtains his jinshi degree at the age of only 22, by passing the highest level examinations in the country (his third attempt), leading him into a distinguished path as a scholar-official.

Births

• July 21 – Kyansittha, King of Burma (d. 1112)
• July 26 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów (St. Stanislaw), Bishop of Kraków (martyred 1079)
• Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders (d. 1070)
• Vsevolod I of Kiev (d. 1093)

Deaths

• January 31 – William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)
• April 30 – Mahmud of Ghazni
• July 19 or 1031 – Adalberon, bishop of Laon
• July 29 – King Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
• Gormflaith ingen Murchada, Irish queen (b. 960)