1025 CE

In what was the Kingdom of Israel, Fath al-Qal'i, the Fatimid Governor of Jerusalem, and Anushtakin al-Dizbari, the Governor of Palestine, make a successful assault on Ramla against Hassan ibn Mufarrij al-Jarrah, the leader of the Jarrahids of Syria. Ishoyahb IV, the unpopular Nicene Christian Patriarch of the Church of the East, dies in Baghdad after a five-year reign, leaving a vacancy that will not be filled until 1028. Mieszko II Lambert, son of Bolosław I, is formally crowned as king of Poland by the Archbishop Hippolytus in Gniezno Cathedral.

In the 1020s, the 11th century.

Conflict & Security

  • February – In what was the Kingdom of Israel, Fath al-Qal'i, the Fatimid Governor of Jerusalem, and Anushtakin al-Dizbari, the Governor of Palestine, make a successful assault on Ramla against Hassan ibn Mufarrij al-Jarrah, the leader of the Jarrahids of Syria.source
  • September – At the urging of Queen Constance of Arles, the three sons of King Robert II of France ("the Pious") revolt against their father – Hugh Magnus (heir and co-king), Henry I and Robert I, Duke of Burgundy start a civil war over power.source
  • Srivijaya, a Buddhist kingdom based in Sumatra, is attacked by Emperor Rajendra I of the Chola dynasty of southern India in a dispute over trading rights in Southeast Asia. It survives but declines in importance.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Emir Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis of the Zirid dynasty in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) attempts to retake Sicily but is unsuccessful.source

Religion & Belief

  • April 18 – Bolesław I the Brave is crowned in Gniezno as the first King of Poland. He takes advantage of the interregnum in Germany (see 1024) and receives permission for his coronation from Pope John XIX; however, he dies 60 days later.source
  • December 25 – Mieszko II Lambert, son of Bolosław I, is formally crowned as king of Poland by the Archbishop Hippolytus in Gniezno Cathedral.source
  • Completion and publishing of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine.source

Crime & Justice

  • March 7 – Count Herbert I of Maine, is imprisoned at Saintes after being lured there by Count Fulk III of Anjou, who had promised to reward Herbert with control of Saintes. Herbert is held captive for two years before other nobles force his release.source

Climate & Environment

  • February 25 – (23 Dhu l-Hijja 415 AH) In the Fatimid Caliphate, Badr al-Dawla Nafidh leads a group of Egyptian soldiers and white slave soldiers from Cairo to end a black slave rebellion in the famine-stricken Egyptian capital, Fustat.source

Culture & Society

  • January 21 – Chifuru, daughter of powerful Japanese court official Fujiwara no Sanesuke (rival of Fujiwara no Michinaga) has her mogi ceremony. Sanesuke wants to make his daughter an imperial consort which causes the dislike of Empress Ishi (daughter of Michinaga) – eventually Kampaku (Regent) Fujiwara no Yorimichi prevents it. [Unclear significance]source
  • March 6 – In the Duchy of Aquitaine in France, the Aquitanian barons and prelates meet at Maillezais, to discuss the claims by William the Fat, son of the Duke of Aquitaine Guillaume le Grand (William the Great) to rule the vacant throne of the Kingdom of Italy (primarily Lombardy and Tuscany) within the Holy Roman Empire. The title is eventually claimed by Conrad the Salic.source
  • Japanese Kampaku (Regent) Fujiwara no Yorimichi holds horse racing at his mansion; the emperor attends. [Unclear significance]source

Births

  • August 28 – Go-Reizei, Japanese emperor (died 1068)source
  • Gertrude of Poland, Grand Princess of Kiev (died 1108)source
  • Tora Torbergsdatter, Norwegian Viking queensource
  • Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev, Norwegian queensource
  • William VIII of Aquitaine, French nobleman (approximate date)source
  • Agnes of Poitou, Holy Roman Empress (died 1077)source
  • Anna Dalassene, Byzantine empress and regentsource
  • Edith of Wessex, English queen (approximate date)source
  • Ruben I, Armenian prince (approximate date)source
  • John Italus, Byzantine philosopher (died 1090)source
  • Nong Zhigao, Vietnamese chieftain of Nongsource
  • Lothair Udo II, German margrave (died 1082)source
  • Rudolf of Rheinfelden, duke of Swabia (died 1080)source
  • Simon I, French nobleman (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • April 25 – Fujiwara no Seishi, Japanese empress consort (born 972)source
  • May – Ishoyahb IV, the unpopular Nicene Christian Patriarch of the Church of the East, dies in Baghdad after a five-year reign, leaving a vacancy that will not be filled until 1028.source
  • May – Musharrif al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Iraq (born 1003)source
  • June 17 – Mieszko II Lambert becomes the second King of Poland after the sudden death of his father, King Bolesław I the Bravesource
  • June 17 – Bolesław I the Brave, king of Poland (born 967)source
  • August 10 – Burchard of Worms, German bishop and writersource
  • September 17 – Hugh Magnus, king of France (born 1007)source
  • September 29 – Louis I, count of Chiny and Verdunsource
  • December 15 – Basil II, Byzantine emperor (born 958)source
  • December 15 – Byzantine Emperor Basil II ("Bulgar Slayer") dies in Constantinople after a 50-year reign. Never married, he is succeeded by his brother and co-emperor Constantine VIII, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Constantine calls the Sicilian invasion off. Catapan Basil Boioannes diverts the Byzantine expeditionary force already assembled on Calabria, to join the siege of Capua.source
  • December 22 – Wang Qinruo, Chinese chancellorsource
  • December – Eustathius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarchsource
  • Watanabe no Tsuna, Japanese samurai (born 953)source
  • c. August 30 – Fujiwara no Kishi, Japanese crown princess, posthumously named empress, mother of Emperor Go-Reizei (born 1007)source