1010s
decade
The 1010s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1010, and ended on December 31, 1019.
Events
1010
By place
Africa
The Nile river in Egypt freezes over.
Egyptian military commander Zar'ah ibn Isa ibn Nasturus appointed Vizier of Egypt.
Asia
Emperor Lý Thái Tổ of the Lý dynasty moved the capital from Hoa Lư to Thăng Long (modern-day Hanoi).
Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War: The Goryeo king is unseated in a revolt, resulting in an invasion by the Liao dynasty, and the burning of the Korean capital Gaegyeong.
Song Zhun of Song dynasty China completes the work of the earlier geographer Lu Duosun, an enormous atlas of China that is written and illustrated in 1,556 chapters, showing maps of each region, city, town, and village (the atlas took 39 years to complete).
In the Chola dynasty of southern India, the first votes are celebrated by adding a ballot in an urn.
Japan
January – Fujiwara no Kenshi (daughter of Michinaga) is married to the imperial heir Crown Prince Okisada.
February 14 – On the death of Fujiwara no Korechika his daughter, the poet Fujiwara no Chikako, becomes a lady-in-waiting to Empress Shōshi.
Emperor Ichijō wants to retire – the influential statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga supports Crown Prince Okisada (now his son-in-law), who will be the successor, but the emperor prefers his eldest son by the late Empress Teishi, Prince Atsuyasu, who has been raised by Empress Shōshi, who also supports her stepson, leading to conflict at court.
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