Year by year · 11th century

1014

1014 in world history: 4 events, 1 birth and 4 deaths. 441 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 23 April

    Brian Boru wins at Clontarf but is killed

    The Irish high king Brian Boru defeated the forces of Leinster and their Norse allies from Dublin and beyond. He was slain in his tent during the battle, and his hard-won supremacy collapsed.

  2. 29 July

    Basil II destroys Tsar Samuel's army at Kleidion

    In the Belasitsa mountains, the Byzantine emperor Basil II outflanked and destroyed the army of Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria. Byzantine chroniclers say Basil had some 15,000 prisoners blinded; Samuel died soon after, and Bulgaria was fully annexed by 1018.

    Battle of KleidionByzantine EmpireFirst Bulgarian Empire

  3. Battle

    Battle of Clontarf

    The Battle of Clontarf was fought on 23 April 1014 north of Dublin.

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In the profiles

Born in 1014 1

Died in 1014 4

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