1039

Casimir I the Restorer of Poland (1016–1058)

Year 1039 (MXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• June 4 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, ("the Elder") dies of gout in Utrecht after a 12-year reign. He is succeeded by his 21-year-old son, Henry III ("the Black"), who also becomes king of Italy and Burgundy.
• Duke Casimir I the Restorer returns to Poland, and makes great efforts to rebuild the war-ruined country. He establishes his residence at Kraków (which becomes Poland's capital until 1596).
• The Banu Tujib clan is deposed by Al-Mustain I, who starts the Banu Hud (Huddid dynasty), which rules over the Taifa of Zaragoza for almost a century.

By topic

Religion

• The Abbey of Bec is founded at Le Bec-Hellouin in Normandy (modern France).

Births

• Helibo, Chinese nobleman and chieftain (d. 1092)
• Minamoto no Yoshiie, Japanese samurai (d. 1106)
• Robert de Stafford, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
• Sancho IV, king of Pamplona (approximate date)
• Su Zhe, Chinese politician and historian (d. 1112)
• Vseslav of Polotsk, Kievan prince (approximate date)

Deaths

• March 10 – Odo of Gascony (or Eudes), French nobleman
• April 16 – William III, count of Weimar and Eichsfeld
• May 27 – Dirk III (or Theodoric), count of Holland
• June 4 – Conrad II ("the Elder"), Holy Roman Emperor
• July 20 – Conrad II ("the Younger"), duke of Carinthia
• September 19 – Fujiwara no Genshi, empress of Japan (b. 1016)
• November 4 – Hugh of Chalon, French bishop
• November 29 – Adalbero, German nobleman
• Abu Nasr Mushkan, Persian statesman (or 1040)
• Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, prince of Gwynedd
• Nathar Shah, Tamil mystic and preacher (b. 969)
• Regimbald, German abbot and bishop
• Reginar V (or Régnier), French nobleman
• Sebes, Hungarian nobleman
• Sophia I, German princess and abbess (b. 975)
• Unsuri, Persian poet and writer (or 1040)