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[[File:Hyakuninisshu 068.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Emperor Sanjō|Sanjō]] of [[Japan]] (976–1017)]]
Year '''1011''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian Calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====

* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Norman conquest of southern Italy#Lombard revolt, 1009–1022|Lombard Revolt]]: Mahmoud the Fat of [[Bari]] rises up against the [[Lombardy|Lombard]] rebels, led by [[Melus of Bari|Melus]], and delivers the city to [[Basil Mesardonites]], Byzantine governor (''[[Katepano|catepan]]'') of the [[Catepanate of Italy]]. Melus is forced to flee to [[Salerno]], and his brother-in-law [[Dattus]] escapes to [[Monte Cassino]], but their families are taken captive, and carted off to [[Constantinople]].{{sfn|Norwich|1967}} 
* Autumn &ndash; Basil Mesardonites visits [[Guaimar III of Salerno]] to secure his cooperation. Melus is forced to flee again. Basil proceeds to Monte Cassino – and persuades Abbot [[Atenulf (abbot of Montecassino)|Atenulf]] to expel Dattus. Pope [[Pope Sergius IV|Sergius IV]] supports Dattus with papal troops, to garrison the tower on the [[Garigliano|Garigliano River]], a fortified complex in the territory of the [[Duchy of Gaeta]].
* King [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry II]] enfeoffs [[Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia|Adalbero]] with [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]] (including the rule over the [[March of Verona]]) after the death of Duke [[Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia|Conrad I]].
* The Grand Prince of Kyiv and ruler of [[Kievan Rus']] [[Vladimir the Great]] laid the first foundations of [[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv]].

==== England ====

* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[Siege of Canterbury]]: Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders led by [[Thorkell the Tall]] pillage [[Canterbury]] after a siege, taking [[Ælfheah of Canterbury|Ælfheah]], archbishop of Canterbury, as a prisoner.{{sfn|Palmer|Palmer|1992}}
* [[Byrhtferth]], Benedictine [[monk]] of [[Ramsey Abbey]], writes his ''Manual'' (''Enchiridion'') on the divine order of the universe and [[time]].{{sfn|Palmer|Palmer|1992}}

==== Middle East ====

* [[Ibn al-Haytham]] ('''Alhazen'''), an Arab [[Science in the medieval Islamic world|scientist]] working in [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]], feigns madness for fear of angering Caliph [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], and is kept under [[house arrest]]. During this time he begins writing his influential ''[[Book of Optics]]''.
* The [[Baghdad Manifesto]] is ordered by Caliph [[Al-Qadir]] of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], in response to the growth of the [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]]-supporting [[Isma'ilism|Ismaili]] sect of [[Islam]] within his borders.

==== Asia ====

* Emperor [[Emperor Ichijō|Ichijō]] abdicates the throne and dies later after a 25-year reign. He is succeeded by his cousin [[Emperor Sanjō|Sanjō]] as the 67th emperor of [[Japan]].
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== Births ==
* [[Jōjin]], Japanese [[Tendai]] monk (d. [[1081]])
* [[Ralph the Staller]], English [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[1068]])
* [[Robert I, Duke of Burgundy|Robert I]] ('''the Old'''), duke of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (d. [[1076]])
* [[Shao Yong]], Chinese philosopher and [[Cosmology|cosmologist]] (d. [[1077]])
* [[Yağısıyan|Yaghi Siyan]], Seljuk governor of [[Antakya|Antioch]] (d. [[1098]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Bernard I, Duke of Saxony|Bernard I]], German nobleman
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Willigis]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Mainz|Mainz]]
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Emperor Ichijō|Ichijō]], emperor of [[Japan]] (b. [[980]])
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Mathilde, Abbess of Essen|Mathilde]], German [[abbess]] (b. [[949]])
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Emperor Reizei|Reizei]], emperor of Japan (b. [[950]])
* [[Ibn Ustadh-Hurmuz|Abu Ali Hasan ibn Ustadh-Hurmuz]], Buyid general
* [[Albert I, Count of Namur|Albert I]], count of [[County of Namur|Namur]] (approximate date)
* [[Anna Porphyrogenita]], Grand Princess of [[Kievan Rus'|Kiev]]
* [[Boniface, Count of Bologna|Boniface]], Italian nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia|Conrad I]], duke of [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]] (approximate date)
* [[Mahendradatta]], queen of [[Bali]] (b. [[961]])
* [[Muhammad ibn Suri]], Ghurid ruler (''[[malik]]'')
* [[Sumbat III of Klarjeti|Sumbat III]], Georgian prince of [[Principality of Tao-Klarjeti|Tao-Klarjeti]]
* [[Uma no Naishi]], Japanese ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet (b. [[949]])

== References ==
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==Sources==

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* {{cite book
| last1     = Norwich
| first1    = John Julius
| title     = The Normans in the South 1016–1130
| date      = 1967
| publisher = Longmans
| isbn      = 978-0582107519
}}

* {{cite book
| last1     = Palmer
| first1    = Alan
| last2     = Palmer
| first2    = Veronica
| date      = 1992
| title     = Chronology of British History
| publisher = Century Ltd / Barrie & Jenkins
| location  = London
| pages     = 48–49
| isbn      = 978-0712656160
}}

* {{cite book
|author-link1= Cyril Toumanoff
| last1       = Toumanoff
| first1      = C.
| date        = 1967
| title       = Studies in Christian Caucasian History
| page        = 498
| publisher   = [[Georgetown University Press]]
| location    = Washington D. C.
| oclc        = 901879629
}}

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