1023
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 990s 1000s 1010s – 1020s – 1030s 1040s 1050s |
| Years: | 1020 1021 1022 – 1023 – 1024 1025 1026 |
Year 1023 (MXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- The Judge-Governor of Seville takes advantage of the break up of the Caliphate of Córdoba, and takes power as Abbad I, founding the Abbadid dynasty.
- Abd ar-Rahman V becomes Caliph at Córdoba.
Asia
- The Ghaznavid Empire occupies Transoxiana.
Africa
- Soon after returning from Mecca, the Tarsina king of Zanata, a mountain kingdom between Algeria and Morocco, is killed in battle.
Births
- William VII, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 1058)
Deaths
- Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York
- Oda of Haldensleben, wife of Mieszko I of Poland
- Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Gwynedd
- Sitt al-Mulk, regent of the Fatimid Caliphate (1021 to 1023) for ʻAlī az-Zāhir, the Seventh Caliph (1021 to 1036)