1038 ( MXXXVIII ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar , the 1038th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 38th year of the 2nd millennium , the 38th year of the 11th century , and the 9th year of the 1030s decade. As of the start of 1038, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

By place [ change | change source ]

Europe [ change | change source ]

• The name of Versailles , then a small village, appears for the first time in a Medieval charter .
• In the Muslim kingdom of Zaragoza , the ruling Banu Tujibi family is removed by Suleiman Al-Mustain I ibn Hud who starts the Huddid dynasty which rules over the region for a century (possibly 1039 ). ^[1]

Asia [ change | change source ]

• The Western Xia declare their independence from Liao China .

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• August 15 – Saint Stephen I , first king of Hungary
• October 29 – Aethelnoth , Archbishop of Canterbury
• Alhazen , Persian mathematician
• William VI of Aquitaine

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