1024

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades: 990s  1000s  1010s  – 1020s –  1030s  1040s  1050s
Years: 1021 1022 1023 – 1024 – 1025 1026 1027
Pope John XIX (r. 1024–1032)
Pope John XIX (r. 1024–1032)

1024 (MXXIV) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the twenty-fourth year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.

Events

  • The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire is founded by Conrad II.
  • John XIX succeeds his brother as Pope
  • Battle of Lemnos: Kievan Viking raiders (800 men) sail through the straits at Abydos to the Aegean Sea. From there they made for the island of Lemnos, but are defeated by a Byzantine fleet of the Cibyrrhaeot Theme.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Wortley, John, ed. (2010). John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-521-76705-7.