1015 CE

Vladimir the Great dies at Berestove after a 35-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Sviatopolk I as Grand Prince of Kiev. Earl Eric Haakonsson outlaws berserkers in Norway. Peacocks arrive from the Chinese Song Empire to Fujiwara's mansion in Japan.

In the 1010s, the 11th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Olaf Haraldsson declares himself King of Norway.source

Conflict & Security

  • Emperor Henry II launches a German expedition against Duke Bolesław I the Brave. He invades Poland, but is stopped by Bolesław's forces at Krosno, on the Oder River.source
  • Earl Eric Haakonsson outlaws berserkers in Norway.source
  • Summer – King Cnut the Great of Denmark launches an invasion of Mercia and Northumbria in England.source

Health & Medicine

  • October – Influential Japanese statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga is appointed to be Associate Regent.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • November – The newly constructed Japanese imperial residence burns down.source

Culture & Society

  • Peacocks arrive from the Chinese Song Empire to Fujiwara's mansion in Japan.source

Births

  • John Komnenos, Byzantine aristocrat (died 1067)source
  • Altmann, bishop of Passau (approximate date)source
  • Herman IV, duke of Swabia (approximate date)source
  • Ermesinda of Bigorre, queen of Aragon (died 1049)source
  • Otto II, margrave of Montferrat (approximate date)source
  • Frozza Orseolo, margravine of Austria (died 1071)source
  • Andrew I ("the Catholic"), king of Hungary (died 1060)source
  • Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (died 1042)source
  • Ferdinand I, king of León and Castile (died 1065)source
  • Harald Hardrada, king of Norway (died 1066)source
  • Robert Guiscard, Norman nobleman (died 1085)source
  • Eustace II, count of Boulogne (approximate date)source
  • Roger de Beaumont, Norman nobleman (died 1094)source

Deaths

  • February 5 – Adelaide, German abbess and saintsource
  • February 13 – Gilbert of Meaux, French bishopsource
  • July 15 – Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kievsource
  • July 15 – Vladimir the Great dies at Berestove after a 35-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Sviatopolk I as Grand Prince of Kiev.source
  • September 1 – Gero II, margrave of the Saxon Ostmarksource
  • September 12 – Lambert I, count of Louvain (born 950)source
  • December 14 – Arduin of Ivrea, king of Italy (born 955)source
  • December 20 – Eido I, bishop of Meissen (born 955)source
  • Gavril Radomir, emperor (tsar) of Bulgariasource
  • Morcar (or Morkere), English minister (thegn)source
  • Owain ap Dyfnwal, king of Strathclyde (Scotland)source
  • Al-Sharif al-Radi, Persian Shi'ite scholar (born 970)source
  • Æthelmær the Stout, English ealdormansource
  • Ibn Furak, Muslim imam and theologian (born 941)source