1025

Calendar overview 1025

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1025
Constantine VIII becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire after the death of his brother Basil II .
1025 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	473/474 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	1017/18
Buddhist calendar	1568/69 (southern Buddhism); 1567/68 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	62nd (63rd) cycle Year of the Wood Ox 乙丑 ( at the beginning of the year Wood Rat R)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	387/388 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	403/404
Islamic calendar	415/416 (turn of the year March 3rd / 4th)
Jewish calendar	4785/86 (August 27-28)
Coptic calendar	741/742
Malayalam calendar	200/201
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1335/36 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1336/37 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	1063
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	1081/82 (turn of the year April)

Events

Poland 992-1025

April 18 : Bolesław Chrobry , previously a Polish duke from the ruling Piast family , is crowned the first king of Poland . The coronation was made possible by the death of Bolesław's main opponent, Emperor Heinrich II. , Last year. The first Polish king dies on June 17th, and is succeeded by his son Mieszko II. Lambert . Under him the disintegration of the Polish empire begins. Right at the beginning of Mieszko's reign, the new German Emperor Konrad II called for the Polish coronation insignia to be handed over, as his coronation took place without his consent. When Mieszko refuses, his older half-brother Bezprym , his brother Otto and the family of his father's stepmother, Oda von Haldensleben , go into opposition and join the emperor.

Histamenon of Constantine VIII.

December 15 : Constantine VIII becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire after the death of his brother Basil II , who leaves no children behind . The new ruler shows no interest in the government and transfers most of the power to imperial eunuchs.

The Chola Empire under Rajendra I attacks the Srivijaya Empire , conquers the capital Kedaram and completely destroys its trade connections.

Dietmar II coin.

December 21 : Dietmar II is consecrated as the successor of Gunther von Meißen , who died on November 1, as Archbishop of Salzburg .

End of the year: Alexios I Studites becomes Patriarch of Constantinople as successor to Eustathios I , who died in early December .

Kaufungen Collegiate Church

The Church of the Holy Cross in Kaufungen , founded by Empress Kunigunde , will be consecrated by her on July 13th , the first anniversary of the death of her husband, Emperor Heinrich II . The church is considered an important work of late Ttonian art .

around 1025: The Salian king and later emperor Konrad II starts the construction of a cathedral in Speyer with the aim of building the largest church in the West .

English counties
around 1025

Anna Dalassene , mother of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos († 1102 )
Elisabeth of Kiev , Princess of the Kievan Rus and wife of the Norwegian King Harald Hardråde († after 1066)
Ruben , Prince of Lesser Armenia († 1095 )