1033 CE

Emperor Conrad II (the Elder) holds an assembly at the Abbey of Payerne and is crowned King of Burgundy. He claims dominion over the Kingdom of Burgundy which is incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire. A major earthquake in the Jordan Valley devastates multiple cities across the Palestine region, killing many people and triggering a tsunami. Panic spreads throughout Europe that the end of the universe may be near, on the 1,000th anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ, due to some unusually harsh spring weather. The Book of Revelation (Chapter 20) predicts the end of the earth after a 1,000 year period after the second return of Jesus Christ.

In the 1030s, the 11th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Treaty of Merseburg: Conrad II attends a Hoftag at Merseburg and signs an agreement with King Mieszko II. He divides Poland in three parts with Mieszko designated as supreme ruler, in exchange for Conrad's support.source

Religion & Belief

  • February 2 – Emperor Conrad II (the Elder) holds an assembly at the Abbey of Payerne and is crowned King of Burgundy. He claims dominion over the Kingdom of Burgundy which is incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire.source
  • Panic spreads throughout Europe that the end of the universe may be near, on the 1,000th anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ, due to some unusually harsh spring weather. The Book of Revelation (Chapter 20) predicts the end of the earth after a 1,000 year period after the second return of Jesus Christ.source

Climate & Environment

  • December 5 – A major earthquake in the Jordan Valley devastates multiple cities across the Palestine region, killing many people and triggering a tsunami.source

Births

  • Judith of Flanders, German duchess (approximate date)source
  • Fujiwara no Tadaie, Japanese statesman (died 1091)source
  • Anselm, English archbishop and philosopher (died 1109)source
  • Fujiwara no Atsuie, Japanese nobleman (died 1090)source
  • Conan II, duke of Brittany (approximate date)source
  • Cheng Yi, Chinese neo-confucian philosopher (died 1107)source
  • Urraca of Zamora, Spanish noblewoman (died 1101)source
  • Theobald of Provins, French hermit and saint (died 1066)source

Deaths

  • May 11 – Ebles I, French nobleman and archbishopsource
  • Abu Talib Yahya, Muslim imam (Zaidiyyah sect) (born 951)source
  • Ibno Al-Thahabi, Moorish encyclopedist and physiciansource
  • Rhydderch ap Iestyn, king of Gwent and Deheubarthsource
  • Ahmad Inaltigin, Ghaznavid general and rebel leadersource
  • John VIII bar Abdoun, patriarch of Antioch (born 944)source
  • Liu, empress and regent of the Song dynasty (born 969)source
  • Otto Bolesławowic, Polish prince (House of Piast) (born 1000)source
  • Merewith (or Beorhtwig), English abbot and bishopsource