| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1025 MXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1778 |
| Armenian calendar | 474 ԹՎ ՆՀԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5775 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 946–947 |
| Bengali calendar | 432 |
| Berber calendar | 1975 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1569 |
| Burmese calendar | 387 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6533–6534 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 3721 or 3661 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3722 or 3662 |
| Coptic calendar | 741–742 |
| Discordian calendar | 2191 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1017–1018 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4785–4786 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1081–1082 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 946–947 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4125–4126 |
| Holocene calendar | 11025 |
| Igbo calendar | 25–26 |
| Iranian calendar | 403–404 |
| Islamic calendar | 415–416 |
| Japanese calendar | Manju 2 (万寿２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 927–928 |
| Julian calendar | 1025 MXXV |
| Korean calendar | 3358 |
| Minguo calendar | 887 before ROC 民前887年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −443 |
| Seleucid era | 1336/1337 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1567–1568 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1151 or 770 or −2 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1152 or 771 or −1 |
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Emperor Basil II (the Bulgar Slayer)
Year 1025 (MXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- December 15 – Byzantine Emperor Basil II ("Bulgar Slayer") dies in Constantinople after a 50-year reign. Never married, he is succeeded by his brother and co-emperor Constantine VIII who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Constantine calls the Sicilian invasion off. Catapan Basil Boioannes diverts the Byzantine expeditionary force already assembled on Calabria to join the siege of Capua.
Europe
- April 18 – Bolesław I the Brave is crowned in Gniezno as the first king of Poland. He takes advantage of the interregnum in Germany (see 1024), and receives permission for his coronation from Pope John XIX; however, he dies on June 17.
- September – At the urging of Queen Constance of Arles, the three sons of King Robert II of France ("the Pious") revolt against their father – Hugh Magnus (heir and co-king), Henry I and Robert I, Duke of Burgundy start a civil war over power.
- December 25 – Mieszko II Lambert, son of Bolosław I, is crowned as king of Poland by archbishop Hippolytus in Gniezno Cathedral.
Africa
- Emir Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis of the Zirid dynasty in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) attempts to retake Sicily but fails.[1]
Asia
- Srivijaya, a Buddhist kingdom based in Sumatra, is attacked by Emperor Rajendra I of the Chola dynasty of southern India in a dispute over trading rights in Southeast Asia. It survives, but declines in importance.
- Completion and publishing of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine
Births
- August 28 – Go-Reizei, Japanese emperor (d. 1068)
- Agnes of Poitou, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1077)
- Anna Dalassene, Byzantine empress and regent
- Edith of Wessex, English queen (approximate date)
- Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev, Norwegian queen
- Gerald of Sauve-Majeure, French abbot (d. 1095)
- Gertrude of Poland, Grand Princess of Kiev (d. 1108)
- John Italus, Byzantine philosopher (d. 1090)
- John of Lodi, Italian hermit and bishop (d. 1106)
- Lothair Udo II, German margrave (d. 1082)
- Nong Zhigao, Vietnamese chieftain of Nong
- Ruben I, Armenian prince (approximate date)
- Rudolf of Rheinfelden, duke of Swabia (d. 1080)
- Simon I, French nobleman (approximate date)
- Tora Torbergsdatter, Norwegian Viking queen
- William VIII, French nobleman (approximate date)
Deaths
- June 17 – Bolesław I the Brave, king of Poland (b. 967)
- September 17 – Hugh Magnus, king of France (b. 1007)
- September 29 – Louis I, count of Chiny and Verdun
- December 15 – Basil II, Byzantine emperor (b. 958)
- December 22 – Wang Qinruo, Chinese chancellor
- Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad, Muslim theologian (b. 935)
- Burchard of Worms, German bishop and writer
- Eustathius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch
- Fujiwara no Seishi, Japanese empress (b. 972)
- Matilda, countess palatine of Lotharingia (b. 979)
- Musharrif al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Iraq (b. 1003)
- Mhic Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, Irish king
- Sabur ibn Ardashir, Persian statesman (b. 942)
- Watanabe no Tsuna, Japanese samurai (b. 953)
References
- ^ Meynier, Gilbert (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte. p.50.