1030

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1000s  1010s  1020s  – 1030s –  1040s  1050s  1060s
Years:	1027 1028 1029 – 1030 – 1031 1032 1033

1030 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1030 MXXX
Ab urbe condita	1783
Armenian calendar	479 ԹՎ ՆՀԹ
Assyrian calendar	5780
Balinese saka calendar	951–952
Bengali calendar	437
Berber calendar	1980
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1574
Burmese calendar	392
Byzantine calendar	6538–6539
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3726 or 3666     — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3727 or 3667
Coptic calendar	746–747
Discordian calendar	2196
Ethiopian calendar	1022–1023
Hebrew calendar	4790–4791
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1086–1087
- Shaka Samvat	951–952
- Kali Yuga	4130–4131
Holocene calendar	11030
Igbo calendar	30–31
Iranian calendar	408–409
Islamic calendar	420–421
Japanese calendar	Chōgen 3 (長元３年)
Javanese calendar	932–933
Julian calendar	1030 MXXX
Korean calendar	3363
Minguo calendar	882 before ROC 民前882年
Nanakshahi calendar	−438
Seleucid era	1341/1342 AG
Thai solar calendar	1572–1573
Tibetan calendar	阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1156 or 775 or 3     — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1157 or 776 or 4

1030 (MXXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1030th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 30th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30th year of the 11th century, and the 1st year of the 1030s decade. As of the start of 1030, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Olaf II (left) is killed at Stiklestad.

Events

Europe

• July 29 — Battle of Stiklestad (Norway): Olav Haraldsson loses to the people he ruled and is killed in the fight. The people he lost to were called "pagan" because they were not Christian. Later on, Olav is made a saint and is called the patron saint of Norway and Rex perpetuum Norvegiae ('the eternal king of Norway', or 'King of Norway forever').
• The city of Kaunas in Lithuania is founded.
• The city of Tartu in Estonia is founded.
• Thalwil, Switzerland, is talked about for the first time
• Henry I of France fights against his father Robert.

Asia

• The Song Dynasty Chinese historian and scholar Ouyang Xiu earned his jinshi degree at the age of 22 by passing the highest level tests in the country. This was his third time to take the test. This degree let him work for the government as a scholar-official.
• Byzantine Emperor Romanus III attacks Syria.
• Masud begins to rule the Ghaznavid Empire after the death of his father Mahmud.

Births

• July 26 — Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Saint Stanislaw (died 1079)
• Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders (died 1070)
• Roger I de Montgomery, Norman nobleman, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (died 1093)
• Vsevolod I of Kiev (died 1093)

Deaths

• April 30 — Mahmud of Ghazni
• July 19 — Adalberon, bishop of Laon
• July 29 — King Olaf II of Norway (born 995)
• September 30 — William V, Duke of Aquitaine (born 969)