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[[File:Casimir I of Poland (89920101).jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Casimir I the Restorer]] of Poland (1016–1058)]]
Year '''1039''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MXXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[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, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]] ("the Black"), who also becomes king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] and [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. 
* Duke [[Casimir I the Restorer]] returns to [[Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)|Poland]], and makes great efforts to rebuild the war-ruined country. He establishes his residence at [[Kraków]] (which becomes Poland's capital until [[1596]]).<ref>Richard Brzezinski (1995). ''History of Poland: Old Poland – The Piast Dynasty'', p. 18. {{ISBN|83-7212-019-6}}.</ref>
* 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.<ref name="possessing the land">{{cite book|last=Stalls|first=Clay|title=Possessing the land: Aragon's expansion into Islam's Ebro frontier under Alfonso the Battler, 1104-1134|year=1995|publisher=Brill|isbn=90-04-10367-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3YicOpi9esC|page=viii}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The [[Abbey of Bec]] is founded at [[Le Bec-Hellouin]] in [[Normandy]] (modern [[France]]).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Constable|first1=Giles|title=Three Treatises From Bec on the Nature of Monastic Life|date=2008|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9781442691629|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZiZXQ6hvXoC&pg=PT28|language=en}}</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Helibo]], Chinese [[Nobility|nobleman]] and chieftain (d. [[1092]])
* [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]], Japanese [[samurai]] (d. [[1106]])
* [[Robert de Stafford]], Norman nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Sancho IV of Pamplona|Sancho IV]], king of [[Kingdom of Navarre|Pamplona]] (approximate date)
* [[Su Zhe]], Chinese politician and historian (d. [[1112]])
* [[Vseslav of Polotsk]], Kievan prince (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Odo of Gascony]] (or Eudes), French nobleman
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[William III of Weimar|William III]], count of [[Weimar]] and [[Eichsfeld]]
* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[Dirk III, Count of Holland|Dirk III]] (or Theodoric), count of [[County of Holland|Holland]]
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] ("the Elder"), Holy Roman Emperor<ref>{{cite web|title=Conrad II – Holy Roman emperor|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Conrad-II|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=April 8, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia|Conrad II]] ("the Younger"), duke of [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]]
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Genshi]], empress of [[Japan]] (b. [[1016]]) 
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Hugh of Chalon (bishop of Auxerre)|Hugh of Chalon]], French bishop 
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia|Adalbero]], German nobleman
* [[Abu Nasr Mushkan]], Persian statesman (or [[1040]])
* [[Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig]], prince of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]]
* [[Nathar Shah]], Tamil [[mysticism|mystic]] and preacher (b. [[969]])
* [[Reginbald II (bishop of Speyer)|Regimbald]], German [[abbot]] and bishop
* [[Reginar V, Count of Mons|Reginar V]] (or Régnier), French nobleman
* [[Sophia I, Abbess of Gandersheim|Sophia I]], German princess and [[abbess]] (b. [[975]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=McGrath|first1=Alister E.|title=Christian History: An Introduction|date=2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118337790|page=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yOzqtaYYqHAC&pg=PA104|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Unsuri]], Persian poet and writer (or 1040)

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