Calendar year
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1027 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Gregorian calendar | 1027 MXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1780 |
| Armenian calendar | 476 ԹՎ ՆՀԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5777 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 948–949 |
| Bengali calendar | 433–434 |
| Berber calendar | 1977 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1571 |
| Burmese calendar | 389 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6535–6536 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3724 or 3517 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3725 or 3518 |
| Coptic calendar | 743–744 |
| Discordian calendar | 2193 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1019–1020 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4787–4788 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1083–1084 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 948–949 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4127–4128 |
| Holocene calendar | 11027 |
| Igbo calendar | 27–28 |
| Iranian calendar | 405–406 |
| Islamic calendar | 417–418 |
| Japanese calendar | Manju 4 (万寿４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 929–930 |
| Julian calendar | 1027 MXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3360 |
| Minguo calendar | 885 before ROC 民前885年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −441 |
| Seleucid era | 1338/1339 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1569–1570 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1153 or 772 or 0 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1154 or 773 or 1 |
Year 1027 (MXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By Place
Europe
- March 26 – Pope 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. 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).
- 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.
- 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)
- 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)
- Walter of Speyer, German bishop and poet (b. 967)
- Yazid II, Persian ruler (shah) of Shirvan (Azerbaijan)
References
- Wolfram, Herwig (2006). Conrad II, 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-271-02738-X.
- Clark, William W. (2006). Medieval Cathedrals. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-313-32693-6.
- Goodman, Lenn Evan (1992). Avicenna. London: Routledge. p. 31. ISBN 0-415-01929-X.
- Izumi Shikibu writes a poem to her memory.
- 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.