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[[File:SN 1006.jpg|right|[[SN 1006]] [[supernova remnant]] (2008)|300px|thumb]]
Year '''1006''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
== Events ==
=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; An Arab [[Saracens|Saracen]] fleet appears before [[Pisa]], but departs again. The Pisans take their fleet to sea and chase the Arabs down to [[Southern Italy]] where, in the Battle of [[Reggio  Calabria]], the Pisan fleet defeats the Arabs.
* Summer–Autumn &ndash; Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders led by [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] raid south-eastern England from the [[Isle of Wight]] to [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] in the [[Thames Valley]] where they overwinter at the [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]] river crossing.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century|location=London|pages=47–48|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[Brian Boru]] visits [[Ulster]], and remains unchallenged.
==== Oceania ====
* A major eruption of the [[Mount Merapi]] volcano on [[Java]] causes devastation throughout the centre of the island (which it covers with [[volcanic ash]]) and to the Javanese [[Hindu]] [[Mataram Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/merapi/ |title=A history of Merapi |access-date=2007-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208030138/http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/merapi/ |archive-date=2007-02-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== By topic ===
==== Astronomy ====
* [[April 30]] &ndash; The brightest [[supernova]] ever recorded, [[SN 1006]], occurs in the constellation of [[Lupus (constellation)|Lupus]]. It is observed and described in [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Iraq]], [[Egypt]], and [[Europe]] and possibly depicted in [[North America]]n rock art. Modern [[astronomer]]s now consider its distance at about 7,200 [[light-year]]s. The supernova provides enough light to read by on a night with a dark moon.<ref>Murdin, Paul; Murdin, Lesley (1985). ''Supernovae''. Cambridge University Press. pp. 14–16. {{ISBN|052130038X}}.</ref>
== Births ==
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Wen Yanbo (Song dynasty)|Wen Yanbo]], [[Grand chancellor (China)|grand chancellor]] (d. [[1097]])
* [[Abu al-Hassan al-Lakhmi|Al-Lakhmi]], Fatimid scholar and jurist (d. [[1085]])
* [[Constantine X Doukas|Constantine X]], Byzantine emperor (d. [[1067]])
* [[Ísleifur Gissurarson]], Icelandic bishop (d. [[1080]])
* [[Khwaja Abdullah Ansari]], Persian [[Sufi poetry|Sufi poet]] (d. [[1088]])
== Deaths ==
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Fulcran]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodève|Lodève]] ([[France]])
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Gisela of Burgundy]], duchess of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]]
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Gao Qiong]], Chinese general (b. [[935]])
* [[Ælfhelm of York]], ealdorman (''[[dux]]'') of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]
* [[Azon the Venerable]] (or Atso), French [[prelate]]
* [[Fiachra Ua Focarta]], abbot of [[Clonfert]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Giovanni Orseolo]], Venetian [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[981]])
* [[Ibn Marzuban]], Persian official and [[physician]]
* [[Maud of Normandy]], French noblewoman
* [[Olaf the Peacock]], Icelandic [[merchant]]
* [[Sherira Gaon]], Jewish spiritual leader
* [[Cenwulf of Winchester|Cenwulf]], bishop of [[Diocese of Winchester|Winchester]] (approximate date)
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