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[[File:Miliaresion-Romanus III-sb1822.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Silver ''[[miliaresion]]'' of Emperor [[Romanos III Argyros|Romanos III]]]]
Year '''1028''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[November 11]] &ndash; Emperor [[Constantine VIII]] dies at [[Constantinople]] after a 3-year reign.<ref>Ladner, Gerhart B. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=7V3JlxOt8wwC&dq=Constantine%20VIII%201028&pg=PA315 Images and Ideas in the Middle Ages: Selected Studies in History and Art, Volume 1]''. Ed. di Storia e Letteratura, 1983. 315.</ref> On his deathbed, and without a male heir, Constantine arranges that his eldest daughter, [[Zoë Porphyrogenita]], succeeds him and marries the Byzantine nobleman, [[Romanos III Argyros|Romanos III]] ('''Argyros''').
* [[November 15]] &ndash; Zoë Porphyrogenita takes the [[throne]] as empress consort. Her husband, Romanos III (age 60) becomes emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]].

==== England ====
* [[Cnut the Great]] sails from [[Kingdom of England|England]] to [[Norway]] with a fleet of 50 ships. He defeats [[Olaf II of Norway|Olaf Haraldsson]] and is crowned king of Norway. Cnut becomes the sole ruler of England, [[Denmark]] and part of [[Sweden]] (known as the Danish [[North Sea Empire]]).

==== Europe ====
* [[April 14]] &ndash; The 10-year-old [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]] ('''the Black'''), son of Emperor [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] ('''the Elder'''), is elected and crowned king of [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] in [[Aachen Cathedral]] by [[Pilgrim (archbishop of Cologne)|Pilgrim]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Cologne]].
* King [[Sancho III of Pamplona|Sancho Garcés III]] ('''the Great''') conquers [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] (modern [[Spain]]) (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Al-Juwayni]], Persian scholar and [[imam]] (d. [[1085]])
* [[Burchard II (bishop of Halberstadt)|Burchard II]] (or '''Bucco'''), bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Halberstadt|Halberstadt]] (approximate date)
* [[Nuño Álvarez de Carazo]], Spanish [[Nobility|nobleman]] and warrior (d. [[1054]])
* [[Qutb Shah]], Persian [[Sufism|Sufi]] religious leader and scholar (d. [[1099]])
* [[Robert of Molesme]], founder of the [[Cistercians|Cistercian Order]] (d. [[1111]])
* [[William the Conqueror|William I]] ('''the Conqueror'''), king of [[Kingdom of England|England]] (approximate date) (d. [[1087]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[966]])
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Alfonso V of León|Alfonso V]] ('''the Noble'''), king of [[Kingdom of León|León]] ([[Spain]]) (b. [[994]])
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Constantine VIII]], Byzantine emperor (b. [[960]])
* [[Lin Bu]] (or '''Junfu'''), Chinese [[Chinese poetry|poet]] and calligrapher (b. [[967]])
* [[Liu Wenzhi]], Chinese official of the [[Song dynasty]] (b. [[964]])
* [[Lý Công Uẩn]], founder of the Vietnamese [[Lý dynasty]] (b. [[974]])
* [[Qawam al-Dawla]], Buyid governor and ruler of [[Kerman]] (b. [[AD 1000|1000]])
* [[Sayyida Shirin]], Bavandid princess and wife of [[Fakhr al-Dawla]]
* [[William of Bellême]], French nobleman ([[House of Bellême]])

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