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1018 CE

Battle of Vlaardingen: Henry II sends an army towards Holland to subdue the rebellious Count Dirk III. The Imperial forces are defeated near Vlaardingen. Ivats, Bulgarian nobleman and rebel leader, is treacherously blinded and captured by strategos Eustathios Daphnomeles, ending the last resistance to the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria by Basil II. Battle of Carham: King Malcolm II of Scotland and Owain Foel ("the Bald") of Strathclyde are victorious over either Uhtred the Bold or Eadwulf Cudel, rulers of Bamburgh. The battle confirms Scottish dominance over Lothian.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • January 30 – The Peace of Bautzen: Emperor Henry II signs a peace treaty with Bolesław I the Brave, Duke of Poland, ending the German–Polish War. Poland keeps Lusatia – the Holy Roman Empire keeps Bohemia. With this peace agreement, Bolesław redirects his forces on an offensive against the Kievan Rus'.source

Conflict & Security

  • July 22–23 – Battle of the River Bug: Polish forces under Bolesław I defeat Yaroslav the Wise near the River Bug. Yaroslav retreats to Novgorod, abandoning Kiev.source
  • July 29 – Battle of Vlaardingen: Henry II sends an army towards Holland to subdue the rebellious Count Dirk III. The Imperial forces are defeated near Vlaardingen.source
  • August 14 – Bolesław I accepts the surrender of Kiev by the Pechenegs. He reinstates Sviatopolk I as Grand Prince of Kiev.source
  • October 1 – Battle of Carham: King Malcolm II of Scotland and Owain Foel ("the Bald") of Strathclyde are victorious over either Uhtred the Bold or Eadwulf Cudel, rulers of Bamburgh. The battle confirms Scottish dominance over Lothian.source
  • October – Battle of Cannae: The Lombard adventurer Melus of Bari and his Norman mercenaries are decisively defeated by the Byzantine army, led by the Catepan Basil Boioannes.source
  • December – Goryeo–Khitan War: Khitan forces of the Liao dynasty invade Goryeo (North Korea). Goryeo forces led by General Kang Kam-ch'an annihilates the Khitan army at Kusong.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Egyptian military commander Sa'id ibn Isa ibn Nasturus appointed Vizier of Egypt.source

Religion & Belief

  • Buckfast Abbey (located near Buckfastleigh) is founded as a Benedictine monastery in England.source

Crime & Justice

  • August 15 – Ivats, Bulgarian nobleman and rebel leader, is treacherously blinded and captured by strategos Eustathios Daphnomeles, ending the last resistance to the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria by Basil II.source

Culture & Society

  • January 22 – Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan celebrates his coming-of-age ceremony; he is aged 9 at this time.source
  • November 26 – 19-year-old Fujiwara no Ishi marries her nephew Go-Ichijō, becoming Empress of Japan (Chugu), the third in succession of the daughters of influential court official Fujiwara no Michinaga to become Empress. Michinaga, who sent her to court in March, holds a banquet in celebration.source
  • Cnut ("the Great"), King of England, travels to Denmark to succeed his brother Harald II on the Danish throne.source

Births

  • April 10 – Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and vizier (d. 1092)source
  • August 31 – Jeongjong II, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1046)source
  • Abul Hasan Hankari, Abbasid scholar and jurist (d. 1093)source
  • Michael Psellos, Byzantine monk and philosopher (approximate date)source
  • Richilde, countess and regent of Flanders (d. 1086)source
  • Harthacnut (or Cnut III), king of Denmark (d. 1042)source
  • Victor II, pope of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1057)source
  • Bagrat IV, Georgian king of the Bagrationi dynasty (d. 1072)source
  • Ermengarde of Anjou, duchess of Burgundy (d. 1076)source

Deaths

  • February 24 – Borrell, bishop of Vic (Spain)source
  • February 25 – Arnulf II, archbishop of Milansource
  • March 22 – Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir, caliph of Córdobasource
  • June 23 – Henry I ("the Strong"), margrave of Austriasource
  • July 7 – Gerberga of Burgundy, duchess of Swabiasource
  • September 25 – Berthold of Toul, German bishopsource
  • October 1 – Gilbert Buatère, Norman noblemansource
  • December 1 – Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg (b. 975)source
  • Harald II, king and regent of Denmarksource
  • Frederick, German nobleman (b. 974)source
  • Aldhun, bishop of Lindisfarne (or 1019)source
  • Ivan Vladislav, emperor (tsar) of Bulgariasource
  • Dragomir, ruler of Travunia and Zachlumiasource
  • Aeddan ap Blegywryd, king of Gwyneddsource