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1019 CE

Battle of Gwiju: Korean forces, led by General Kang Kam-ch'an, gain a decisive victory over the Khitan Liao Dynasty at modern-day Kusong, ending the Third Goryeo-Khitan War. The Azdâji conquest puts an end to the Kingdom of Nekor, in Morocco. Toi invasion: Jurchen pirates, from the Khitan Liao Dynasty in modern-day Manchuria, sail with about 50 ships to invade Kyūshū in Japan. They assault the islands Tsushima and Iki. In April the pirates raid Matsuura but are defeated by the Japanese army.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Japanese statesman and regent Fujiwara no Michinaga retires from public life, installing his son Yorimichi as regent. Michinaga, however, continues to direct affairs of state from his retirement, and remains the de facto ruler of Japan, until his death in 1028.source

Conflict & Security

  • March 10 – Battle of Gwiju: Korean forces, led by General Kang Kam-ch'an, gain a decisive victory over the Khitan Liao Dynasty at modern-day Kusong, ending the Third Goryeo-Khitan War.source
  • The Azdâji conquest puts an end to the Kingdom of Nekor, in Morocco.source
  • Toi invasion: Jurchen pirates, from the Khitan Liao Dynasty in modern-day Manchuria, sail with about 50 ships to invade Kyūshū in Japan. They assault the islands Tsushima and Iki. In April the pirates raid Matsuura but are defeated by the Japanese army.source

Births

  • November 17 – Sima Guang, Chinese politician and writer (d. 1086)source
  • December 29 – Munjong, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1083)source
  • Zeng Gong, Chinese scholar and historian (d. 1083)source
  • Śrīpati, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1066)source
  • Wang Gui, Chinese official and chancellor (d. 1085)source
  • Gundekar II (or Gunzo), bishop of Eichstätt (d. 1075)source
  • Wen Tong, Chinese painter and calligrapher (d. 1079)source
  • Mauger (or Malger), archbishop of Rouen (d. 1055)source
  • Abe no Sadato, Japanese nobleman and samurai (d. 1062)source
  • Yūsuf Balasaguni, Karakhanid statesman (d. 1085)source
  • Dominic de la Calzada, Spanish priest and saint (d. 1109)source
  • Sweyn II (Estridsson), king of Denmark (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • June 28 – Heimerad (or Heimo), German priest and saintsource
  • October 6 – Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau (b. 965)source
  • Sviatopolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 980)source
  • Sergius II (the Studite), patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • Sviatopolk I dies, and is succeeded by his brother Yaroslav I (the Wise). He becomes the Grand Prince of Kiev with the support of the Novgorodians and the help of Varangian (Viking) mercenaries. Yaroslav consolidates the Kievan state, through both cultural and administrative improvements, and military campaigns.source
  • Aldhun (or Ealdhun), bishop of Lindisfarne (or 1018)source