WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 11. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the first half of the 11. century

Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion – Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6. (29. July 1014)

Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen. (29. July 1018)

Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes. (29. July 1030)

Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII. (31. July 1009)

Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey. (3. August 1031)

King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. (14. August 1040)

Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria. (15. August 1018)

King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. (15. August 1040)

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock. (18. October 1009)

The Danes defeat the Saxons in the Battle of Assandun. (18. October 1016)

Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanus Argyrus. (12. November 1028)

English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre. (13. November 1002)

Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. Donnchad, the son of his daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. (25. November 1034)

The son of Empress Zoe of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. (10. December 1041)

Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as King of Poland (25. December 1025)