1006
This article is about the year 1006. For the number, see 1006 (number).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 970s 980s 990s – 1000s – 1010s 1020s 1030s |
| Years: | 1003 1004 1005 – 1006 – 1007 1008 1009 |
| 1006 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1006 MVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1759 |
| Armenian calendar | 455 ԹՎ ՆԾԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5756 |
| Bengali calendar | 413 |
| Berber calendar | 1956 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1550 |
| Burmese calendar | 368 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6514–6515 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3702 or 3642 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3703 or 3643 |
| Coptic calendar | 722–723 |
| Discordian calendar | 2172 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 998–999 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4766–4767 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1062–1063 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 928–929 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4107–4108 |
| Holocene calendar | 11006 |
| Igbo calendar | 6–7 |
| Iranian calendar | 384–385 |
| Islamic calendar | 396–397 |
| Japanese calendar | Kankō 3 (寛弘３年) |
| Julian calendar | 1006 MVI |
| Korean calendar | 3339 |
| Minguo calendar | 906 before ROC 民前906年 |
| Seleucid era | 1317/1318 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1548–1549 |
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Year 1006 (MVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Oceania
- A major eruption of Mount Merapi volcano covers all of central Java with volcanic ash, caused devastation throughout central Java, and destroyed a Hindu kingdom on the island of Java.[1]
Europe
Asia
- Granaries for famine relief are set up across China.
By topic
Religion
- Aelfheah (St. Alphege) goes to Pope John XVIII at Rome for his pallium and becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
Astronomy
- May 1 – The brightest supernova ever recorded, SN 1006, occurs in the constellation of Lupus. It is observed and described in China, Japan, the Middle East, Europe, and elsewhere. The records of the event were suppressed in some western countries. The Supernova provided enough light to read by on a night with a dark moon.
Births
- Constantine X, emperor of Byzantium (d. 1067)
Deaths
- July 21 - Gisela of Burgundy
References
- ↑ "A history of Merapi". Retrieved 2007-02-20.
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