1023 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 990s 1000s 1010s – 1020s – 1030s 1040s 1050s |
| Years: | 1020 1021 1022 – 1023 – 1024 1025 1026 |
The year 1023 (which is MXXIII in Roman numerals) was a regular year that started on a Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
Events
Europe
- In Seville, a leader known as the Judge-Governor took control. He did this because the big Caliphate of Córdoba empire was breaking apart. He became Abbad I and started a new ruling family called the Abbadid dynasty.
- Abd ar-Rahman V became the new leader, or Caliph, in Córdoba.
Asia
- The powerful Ghaznavid Empire took over the region called Transoxiana.
Africa
- The Tarsina king of Zanata, a mountain kingdom between Algeria and Morocco, was killed in a battle. This happened soon after he came back from a trip to Mecca.
Births
- William VII, Duke of Aquitaine
Deaths
- Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York
- Oda of Haldensleben, who was the wife of Mieszko I of Poland
- Llywelyn ap Seisyll, the King of Gwynedd
- Sitt al-Mulk, a powerful woman who ruled the Fatimid Caliphate for ʻAlī az-Zāhir from 1021 to 1023.
Images for kids
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Kou Zhun (Pingzhong) (c. 961–1023)
See also
In Spanish: 1023 para niños
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