What is 1006?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Year nav|1006}} {{Year in various calendars|1006}} {{Year article header|1006}} [[File:SN 1006.jpg|thumb|alt=SN 1006 supernova remnant (2008) |SN 1006 supernova remnant (2008)]] == Events == === By place === ==== Oceania ==== * A major eruption of [[Mount Merapi]] [[volcano]] covers all of central [[Java]] with [[tuff#Volcanic ash|volcanic ash]]. This caused devastation throughout central Java, and destroyed a Hindu kingdom on the island of Java.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/merapi/ |title=A history of Merapi |access-date=2013-01-27 |archive-date=2007-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208030138/http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/merapi/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==== Europe ==== * [[Holmgang]] (dueling) is declared illegal in [[Iceland]]. ==== Asia ==== * Granaries for famine relief are set up across [[China]]. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[Alphege|Aelfheah]] ([[St. Alphege]]) goes to [[List of popes|Pope John XVIII]] at [[Rome]] for his [[pallium]] and becomes [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. ==== Astronomy ==== * [[May 1]] &ndash; The brightest [[supernova]] ever recorded, [[SN 1006]], occurs in the constellation of [[Lupus (constellation)|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 == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1006}} [[Category:1006]]