1027

1027 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1027
MXXVII
Ab urbe condita1780
Armenian calendar476
ԹՎ ՆՀԶ
Assyrian calendar5777
Balinese saka calendar948–949
Bengali calendar433–434
Berber calendar1977
English Regnal yearN/A
Buddhist calendar1571
Burmese calendar389
Byzantine calendar6535–6536
Chinese calendar丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
3724 or 3517
    — to —
丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
3725 or 3518
Coptic calendar743–744
Discordian calendar2193
Ethiopian calendar1019–1020
Hebrew calendar4787–4788
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1083–1084
 - Shaka Samvat948–949
 - Kali Yuga4127–4128
Holocene calendar11027
Igbo calendar27–28
Iranian calendar405–406
Islamic calendar417–418
Japanese calendarManju 4
(万寿4年)
Javanese calendar929–930
Julian calendar1027
MXXVII
Korean calendar3360
Minguo calendar885 before ROC
民前885年
Nanakshahi calendar−441
Seleucid era1338/1339 AG
Thai solar calendar1569–1570
Tibetan calendarམེ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་
(male Fire-Tiger)
1153 or 772 or 0
    — to —
མེ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་
(female Fire-Hare)
1154 or 773 or 1
Robert the Magnificent (1000–1035)

Year 1027 (MXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By Place

Europe

  • March 26Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II ("the Elder") and his wife Gisela of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor and Empress, respectively, in Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.[1] Cnut the Great, King of Denmark and England, attends the coronation, proving his position as sole ruler of the Danish North Sea Empire.
  • May 14 – King Robert II of France ("the Pious") sues for peace with his sons. Henry I is crowned co-king of France at Reims Cathedral, but has little power to rule (until 1031).[2]
  • August 6 – Robert the Magnificent becomes duke of Normandy after the death of his brother Richard III.
  • Duke Sergius IV of Naples donates the County of Aversa to a band of Norman mercenaries led by Rainulf Drengot, who support him in the war with Capua.
  • King Sigtrygg Silkbeard of Dublin and sub-King Flannacán of Brega make a pilgrimage to Rome.
  • Ealdred is appointed abbot of Tavistock Abbey in England (approximate date).

Asia

  • August 16 – Bagrat IV becomes king of Georgia on the death of his father, George I. Queen Dowager Mariam becomes regent for her 9-year-old son.
  • Wedding of Crown Prince Atsunaga of Japan and Imperial Princess Teishi.
  • This is the first year of the first rabjyung (60-year) cycle to start in the Tibetan calendar.

By topic

Science, technology and medicine

  • The Book of Healing (Arabic: کتاب الشفاء Kitab Al-Shifaʾ, Latin: Sufficientia), a comprehensive scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by the Persian polymath Avicenna (Abū ʿAlī ibn Sīnā), is published.[3]
  • Song dynasty Chinese engineer Yan Su reinvents the 3rd-century south-pointing chariot, a mechanical-driven compass vehicle (as recorded in the Song Shi).

Births

  • January 19 – Shōshi, Japanese empress consort (d. 1105)
  • Albert III, count of Namur (House of Namur) (approximate date)
  • Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Abbadid ruler of Seville (d. 1095)
  • Ernest the Brave, margrave of Austria (d. 1075)
  • Fayun Faxiu, Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (d. 1090)
  • Matilda of Franconia, German princess (d. 1034)
  • Sviatoslav II, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1077)
  • Ulrich I (or Udalrich), German bishop (d. 1121)

Deaths

  • January 3 – Fujiwara no Yukinari, Japanese calligrapher (b. 972)
  • August 6 – Richard III, duke of Normandy (House of Normandy)
  • August 16 – George I, king of Georgia (House of Bagrationi)
  • October 16 – Fujiwara no Kenshi, Japanese dowager empress (b. 994)[4]
  • Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi, Arab statesman (b. 981)
  • Aurelia of Regensburg, daughter of Hugh Capet and saint
  • Dayang Jingxuan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 943)
  • Dogra mac Dúnadach, king of Síol Anmchadha (Ireland)
  • Gadhra Mór mac Dundach, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)
  • Hippolytus, archbishop of Gniezno (approximate date)
  • Sulayman al-Ghazzi, Arab poet and bishop of Gaza (approximate date)[5]
  • Walter of Speyer, German bishop and poet (b. 967)
  • Yazid II, Persian ruler (shah) of Shirvan (Azerbaijan)

References

  1. ^ Wolfram, Herwig (2006). Conrad II, 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-271-02738-X.
  2. ^ Clark, William W. (2006). Medieval Cathedrals. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-313-32693-6.
  3. ^ Goodman, Lenn Evan (1992). Avicenna. London: Routledge. p. 31. ISBN 0-415-01929-X.
  4. ^ Izumi Shikibu writes a poem to her memory.
  5. ^ Noble, Samuel (December 17, 2010). "Sulayman al-Ghazzi". In Thomas, David; Mallett, Alexander (eds.). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 2 (900-1050). BRILL. p. 617. ISBN 978-90-04-21618-1. Retrieved January 16, 2024.