1006
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| Gregorian calendar | 1006 MVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1759 |
| Armenian calendar | 455 ԹՎ ՆԾԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5756 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 927–928 |
| 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 | 927–928 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4106–4107 |
| Holocene calendar | 11006 |
| Igbo calendar | 6–7 |
| Iranian calendar | 384–385 |
| Islamic calendar | 396–397 |
| Japanese calendar | Kankō 3 (寛弘３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 908–909 |
| Julian calendar | 1006 MVI |
| Korean calendar | 3339 |
| Minguo calendar | 906 before ROC 民前906年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −462 |
| Seleucid era | 1317/1318 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1548–1549 |
| Tibetan calendar | ཤིང་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Wood-Snake) 1132 or 751 or −21 — to — མེ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Horse) 1133 or 752 or −20 |
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1006 (MVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 11th century, and the 7th year of the 1000s decade. As of the start of 1006, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
By place
Oceania
- A major eruption of Mount Merapi volcano covers all of central Java with volcanic ash. This caused devastation throughout central Java, and destroyed a Hindu kingdom on the island of Java.[1]
Europe
- Holmgang (dueling) is declared illegal in Iceland.
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.
Births
- Constantine X, emperor of Byzantium (d. 1067)
Deaths
- Gisela of Burgundy
References
- ↑ "A history of Merapi". Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2013.