1021
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| Years: 1018 1019 1020 - 1021 - 1022 1023 1024 | |
| Decades: 990s 1000s 1010s - 1020s - 1030s 1040s 1050s | |
| Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century 1021 state leaders | |
Contents |
Events
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, sixth Fatimid Caliph of Egypt disappears on a trip to al-Muqattam hills. He is presumed deceased and succeeded by Ali az-Zahir. However the Druzes, a sect of Ismaili Muslims, believe him to have been hidden away by God (Allah) and begin worshiping him in the mountains of Lebanon. He is the first Caliph to be worshipped as being Divine in his own right.
- The Moorish state of Valencia becomes independent
Births
- Eudocia Macrembolitissa, empress of Byzantine Emperor Constantine X (d. 1096)
- Wang Anshi, Chinese reformer (d. 1086)
Deaths
- Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, sixth Fatimid Caliph of Egypt (unconfirmed, but probably dead by now).
Heads of State
- England - Canute the Great (1016 to 1035)
- France - Robert II the Pious (996 to 1031)
- Byzantine Empire - Basil II (976 to 1025)
