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September 4: Conrad the Elder is elected King of Germany over his cousin, Conrad the Younger
April 19: Pope John XIX succeeds his brother, Pope Benedict VIII
1024 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1024
MXXIV
Ab urbe condita1777
Armenian calendar473
ԹՎ ՆՀԳ
Assyrian calendar5774
Balinese saka calendar945–946
Bengali calendar430–431
Berber calendar1974
English Regnal yearN/A
Buddhist calendar1568
Burmese calendar386
Byzantine calendar6532–6533
Chinese calendar癸亥年 (Water Pig)
3721 or 3514
    — to —
甲子年 (Wood Rat)
3722 or 3515
Coptic calendar740–741
Discordian calendar2190
Ethiopian calendar1016–1017
Hebrew calendar4784–4785
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1080–1081
 - Shaka Samvat945–946
 - Kali Yuga4124–4125
Holocene calendar11024
Igbo calendar24–25
Iranian calendar402–403
Islamic calendar414–415
Japanese calendarJian 4 / Manju 1
(万寿元年)
Javanese calendar926–927
Julian calendar1024
MXXIV
Korean calendar3357
Minguo calendar888 before ROC
民前888年
Nanakshahi calendar−444
Seleucid era1335/1336 AG
Thai solar calendar1566–1567
Tibetan calendarཆུ་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་
(female Water-Boar)
1150 or 769 or −3
    — to —
ཤིང་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་
(male Wood-Rat)
1151 or 770 or −2

Year 1024 (MXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

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January–March

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  • January 17Abd al-Rahman V, Caliph of Córdoba is assassinated in a coup d'etat by Muhammad III of Córdoba.
  • February 17 – According to the cartulary-chronicle of the Bèze Abbey (officially the Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Bèze) in the Burgundy region of France, the brothers Girard and Lambert repent of their seizure of the village of Viévigne and restore the property to the Abbey "for the good of their souls".[1]
  • March 9 – In Bamberg in Germany, the Holy Roman Emperor issues an order to regulate the ongoing dispute between the ministries of Fulda and Hersfeld[2]
  • March 23 (9 Muharram 415 AH) – In the first example of the reversal of the policy of religious tolerance created by the late Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim, Egyptian Christian Abu Zakariyya is arrested on charges of apostasy. Zakariyya, raised as a Christian, had converted to Islam, but then renounced Islam and converted back to Christianity, with immunity granted by al-Hakim. Zakariyya, apparently singled out for punishment is executed on October 14 (7 Shaban 415 CE).[3]
  • March – Massud ibn Tahir al-Wazzan, the vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt since 1019, is dismissed by the Caliph al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah, and replaced by al-Rudhbari.[4]

April–June

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  • April 9Pope Benedict VIII, formerly Theophylact II, Count of Tusculum, dies after a reign of 12 years at Rome.
  • April 19 – Romano de Tusculana, Count of Tusculum and the brother of the late Pope Benedict, arrives in Rome to become the 144th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, and takes the name Pope John XIX.
  • May 4 (20 Safar 415) – The Ambassador from Khorasan to Egypt is received at Cairo by the Caliph al-Zahir.
  • May 13 – Fujiwara no Takako, daughter of influential Japanese statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga, is married to Minamoto no Morofusa.
  • June – Bedouins led by Abd Alla Ibn Idris al-Ja'fari attack the towns of Ayla and al-'Arish in southern Palestine after the Fatimids of Egypt refuse to restore al-Ja'fari as the Governor of the Wadi al-Qura.[5]

July–September

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  • July 13 – Emperor Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor dies in his imperial palace at Göttingen in Germany. Henry leaves no heirs. He has deliberately made no provision for a successor, "leaving that regulation in the hands of God", and his death ends the Ottonian dynasty,[6] and plans are made to elect a new Emperor in September.
  • July 17 – In Japan, the Manju (万寿) era begins.
  • July 27Thu'ban ibn Muhammad becomes the new Fatimid Governor of Aleppo.
  • August 23 (17th day of 7th month of 1 Manju) – While Emperor Goichijo attends a sumo match in the Shishinden hall behind the Ichijo-in Temple, a fight breaks out between Judge Fujiwara Keisuke and Minamoto no Shigeto, leader of the Kurando Shikibu.[7]
  • August 27 (17 Jumada II 415) – The Cairo Canal is opened in Fatimid Egypt in a ceremony that includes the Caliph al-Zahir.[8]
  • August 29 (19 Jumada II 415) – In the wake of a famine striking Egypt, Yaqub ibn al-Dawwas issues an edict on the first day of the Coptic Christian new year, prohibiting the slaughter of cattle and announces that violators will forfeit their life and their property.[8]
  • August
    • Anushtakin al-Dizbari, the Fatimid Governor of Palestine, confronts the Bedouin Jarrahids, sending troops to collect the taxes from the iqtaʿ(fief) of the Bayt Jibrin, led by Hassan ibn Mufarrij.[9] The Jarrahids kill the collectors. Anushtakin retaliates by imprisoning two of Hassan's senior aides in Ascalon and gains permission from Caliph az-Zahir to attack Hassan while the latter is incapacitated by illness.
    • The Jarrahids, led by Hassan ibn Mufarrij, invade Palestine and attack the city of Tiberias, pillaging the town and killing civilians.[10]
  • September 1Basil Boioannes, Byzantine general and governor of the Catapanate of Italy, sails from Bari across the Adriatic Sea to begin an invasion of Croatia, ruled by Krešimir III. He later takes Kresimir's wife as a hostage, transporting her to Bari and then to Constantinople as a hostage.
  • September 4Conrad the Elder is elected as the new King of Germany by an assembly of imperial princes and nobles at Kamba, receiving more votes than his cousin Conrad the Younger, son of Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia
  • September 8 – Conrad the Elder is crowned as King Conrad II of Germany in a ceremony at Mainz, and he and Conrad the Younger are invested as joint dukes of Franconia.
  • September 11 (4 Rajab 415) – Ibn Dawwas is fired from his job of administering food relief in Egypt, and replaced by Baqiyy, described as "a black slave who also managed the two shurtas" (food supplies) of Fustat and Cairo; Baqiyy is fired only two days later as the food crisis worsens, and Ibn Dawwas is rehired.[11]
  • September 21Gisela of Swabia, wife of Conrad II, is crowned as the Queen consort of Germany by Archbishop Pilgrim in a ceremony at Cologne. The royal couple then make a tour of Germany, traveling to Aachen (9/23), Nijmegen, Liege (10/2), Gendt (11/14), Dortmund and Minden.[12]
  • September
    • In India, Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni begins his 12th, and final, expedition of plunder, departing with a cavalry of 30,000 troops, toward Multan, followed by Ajmer and Anhilvada, arriving at Somnath on January 30.[13]
    • Anushtakin al-Dizbari of Palestine leads an expedition in the mountains around Nablus to apprehend the Bedouin leader Hassan ibn Mufarrij. However, the latter, with 3,000 of his horsemen, repulses Anushtakin, who retreats to Ramla, the capital of Palestine. Hassan and his troops then arrive at Ramla and burn the capital.[14]

October—December

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  • October
    • Salih ibn Mirdas's forces, led by Ibn Tawq, advance against Aleppo and fight sporadic engagements with the Fatimid troops of governors Thu'ban and Mawsuf.[15] Salih and the Bedouins camp outside of Bab al-Jinan and demand surrender from the lead Islamic judge of the city, Ibn Abi Usama, and are refused.[15]: 62 [16]: 97 
    • The Banu Kalb, under Sinan ibn Ulayyan begins its siege of Damascus
    • The Tayy takes over Ramla, capital of Palestine.
  • November 22 (17 Ramadan 415 AH) – The siege of Aleppo is started by Salih ibn Mirdas and an army of Bedouin warriors. After a siege of more than 50 days, and heavy casualties on both sides, Aleppo surrenders on January 18, 1025 (13 Dhu al-Qa'da 415 AH).[17][18]
  • November – After a 20 day of siege, Mansur I, formerly the Emir of Derbent recaptures the capital from the Emir Yazid ibn Ahmad with help from the Christian state of Sarir.[19]
  • December 17 – The monastery of Grottaferrata, outside of Rome, is consecrated by Pope John XIX and dedicated to the Virgin Mary.[20]
  • December 29 – The Fatimid caliph celebrates the Eid al-Fitr in an elaborate ceremony at the Anwar Mosque, as recounted later by the Amir al-Musabbihi.[21]
  • December – Sultan al-Dawla, Emir of Fars, dies and is succeeded by Abu Kalijar.[22]

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from Grokipedia
Year 1024 (MXXIV) was a year of dynastic transition in medieval , highlighted by the death of Henry II and the subsequent election of Conrad II, initiating Salian rule over the German kingdom. Henry II died on 13 July after a reign marked by ecclesiastical reforms and conflicts with Slavic tribes. Conrad II, of and a distant relative of the Ottonians, was elected King of on 4 September at Kamba near following debates among the nobility, and crowned four days later, on September 8, in by Archbishop Aribo. In Rome, the papacy also shifted amid familial power plays, as Romanus, a lay noble and brother of the deceased Pope Benedict VIII, was elevated to the papal throne as John XIX on 19 April. Lacking clerical orders at election—a product of simony and Tusculan influence—he was ordained rapidly thereafter, underscoring the era's secular encroachments on ecclesiastical authority. These events presaged Conrad's eventual imperial coronation in 1027 and papal efforts to navigate Byzantine and Norman pressures, defining a period of imperial-papal tensions and feudal consolidation.

Events

European Political Developments

The death of Henry II on July 13, 1024, at Pfalz Grona near marked the end of the , as he left no heirs following a childless marriage to . This event created a succession vacuum in the Kingdom of Germany, prompting assemblies of nobles and bishops to convene for electing a new king, highlighting the elective nature of the monarchy. Conrad II, a Franconian noble from the Salian family and Duke of Carinthia through marriage alliances, emerged as the candidate after prolonged debates among the German magnates. Elected on September 4, 1024, at an assembly near , his selection over more prominent ducal rivals underscored the influence of Archbishop Aribo of Mainz and the Salians' regional power base in and . Conrad was crowned king four days later on September 8 in by Aribo, solidifying his position without immediate imperial coronation in . This transition initiated the Salian dynasty's century-long rule over Germany and the , shifting from the Ottonian emphasis on ecclesiastical alliances to a more robust assertion of royal authority against feudal lords. Conrad's reign (1024–1039) involved consolidating power through military campaigns and legal reforms, setting precedents for future emperors like his son Henry III. The election also reflected the decentralized political structure, where consensus among stem duchies—, , , and —prevented civil war, though tensions with figures like Duke Ernst II of persisted. Elsewhere in , King faced internal challenges but no major dynastic shift, while the Great maintained Danish hegemony in without altering continental politics significantly. The papal election of John XIX (Romanus) on April 9 following Benedict VIII's death intertwined with imperial affairs, as Conrad later secured his from the in 1027. These developments reinforced the Holy Roman Empire's centrality in European politics, balancing German princely autonomy with monarchical claims to universal authority.

Asian Developments

In China, during the Northern Song dynasty under Emperor Renzong, the government assumed monopoly control over the printing and distribution of Jiaozi notes in Sichuan province on January 12, 1024, marking the first state-issued paper currency in history to combat copper coin shortages and expand commercial transactions beyond metal limitations. These notes, denominated in values equivalent to 700 to 10,000 copper coins and backed by state reserves, were printed on mulberry bark paper with official seals, enabling larger-scale trade in a burgeoning economy reliant on iron production, tea, and silk exports. In southern , the reached a peak of territorial and maritime ambition under Rajendra Chola I, who in 1024 initiated planning for an overseas naval offensive targeting the Empire's ports in present-day and , culminating in raids the next year that disrupted regional monopolies and asserted Chola dominance over routes. This campaign, supported by a fleet of hundreds of vessels built during Rajaraja Chola I's prior expansions, aimed to secure access to spices, aromatics, and Southeast Asian markets, reflecting the empire's shift from continental conquests—like the earlier expedition—to thalassocratic projection of power. In , the Heian court under marked the start of the Kōwa era on April 19, 1024, amid ongoing aristocratic cultural refinement, including depictions of annual events like the Komakurabe ceremonial horserace, which showcased equestrian skills and reinforced imperial prestige through ritual pageantry.

Technological and Cultural Milestones

In 1024, the in established the first state-issued paper currency known as in province, transitioning from privately printed merchant notes to officially backed bills to alleviate copper coin shortages and support expanding commerce. This development, formalized on through a monopoly on issuance, represented a pivotal monetary innovation by enabling more efficient, lightweight exchange over heavy metals, predating similar systems elsewhere by centuries. Backed initially by reserves and regulated to prevent counterfeiting via mulberry bark paper and official seals, facilitated trade in a burgeoning marked by and market growth. No major artistic, literary, or architectural milestones are recorded specifically for this year in contemporaneous sources, though the Song era's cultural patronage of and scholarship laid groundwork for later advances like .

Births

Known Historical Figures

Henry II (c. 973 – 13 July 1024), Holy Roman Emperor, died childless at Pfalz Grona near Göttingen, ending the Ottonian dynasty and prompting the election of Conrad II.

Deaths

Known Historical Figures

Hugh of Cluny (13 May 1024 – 29 1109), born Hugues de Semur in Semur-en-Brionnais, , was a French noble who entered the Cluniac at age thirteen, rejecting a secular career arranged by his family. Elected the ninth of in 1049, he led the institution for six decades, transforming it into a leading center of Benedictine monasticism through rigorous reforms emphasizing prayer, liturgy, and independence from lay control. Under his direction, the Cluniac order expanded significantly, establishing dependencies across and influencing broader ecclesiastical renewal, including support for papal authority amid investiture conflicts. Hugh's diplomatic efforts extended to advising popes and kings, such as mediating between and Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. Canonized in 1120 by , he was venerated as a saint for his piety and administrative acumen, with his feast day observed on 29 .
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