What is 1041?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Year nav|1041}} {{Year in various calendars|1041}} {{Year article header|1041}} [[File:Histamenon nomisma-Micael V-sb1776.jpg|thumb|alt=Michael V Kalaphates (c. 1015–1042) |Michael V Kalaphates (c. 1015–1042)]] == Events == === By place === ==== Africa ==== * The [[Zirid dynasty|Zirid]] dynasty turns down [[Shia Islam|Shi'ite]] obedience and [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] rule and recognizes the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasids]] as their overlords.<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; pp.50.</ref> ==== Europe ==== * [[December 10]] &ndash; Empress [[Zoe of Byzantium]] raises her adoptive son to the throne of the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]] as [[Michael V Kalaphates|Michael V]]. * [[Worcester]] rebels against the naval taxes of [[Harthacnut (1020–1042)|Harthacanute]]. * [[Edward the Confessor]] returns from exile to inherit [[Harthacnut (1020–1042)|Harthacanute]]. He reduces the Navy from 60 to 32 ships this year due to the tax burden. ==== Asia ==== * The number of enlisted soldiers in the [[Song Dynasty]] Chinese military reaches well over 1,250,000 troops, an increase since [[1022]] when there were a million soldiers. == Deaths == * [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Michael IV the Paphlagonian|Michael IV]], [[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] (b. [[1010]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1041}} [[Category:1041| ]]