1041 ( MXLI ) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar , the 1041st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 41st year of the 2nd millennium , the 41st year of the 11th century , and the 2nd year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1041, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

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Africa [ change | change source ]

• The Zirid dynasty turns down Shi'ite obedience and Fatimid rule and recognizes the Abbasids as their overlords. ^[1]

Europe [ change | change source ]

• December 10 – Empress Zoe of Byzantium raises her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V .
• Worcester rebels against the naval taxes of Harthacanute .
• Edward the Confessor returns from exile to inherit Harthacanute . He reduces the Navy from 60 to 32 ships this year due to the tax burden.

Asia [ change | change source ]

• The number of enlisted soldiers in the Song Dynasty Chinese military reaches well over 1,250,000 troops, an increase since 1022 when there were a million soldiers.

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• December 10 – Michael IV , Byzantine Emperor (b. 1010 )

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