1029
Year 1029 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- March/April: The Ghaznavid Sultan Maḥmūd brutally sacks the city of Rayy after receiving a request for help by its Buyyid ruler Majd al-Dawla against his rebellious troops. He crucifies a large number of the local population and burns many books that he considers heretical.
Europe
- Prince Pandulf IV of Capua becomes the de facto ruler of southern Italy – holding Capua and Naples himself – this in support with his powerful allies Amalfi, Salerno and Benevento. Only the Duchy of Gaeta remains out of his grasp.
- Rainulf Drengot, head of a mercenary band of Norman knights, is approached by Duke John V of Gaeta and is persuaded to change sides. With Norman help, Duke Sergius IV recovers Naples from Capuan occupation.
- Duke Bretislav I of Bohemia of the Přemyslid Dynasty reconquers Moravia from Poland.
By topic
Religion
- The seat of the Bishopric of Zeitz is moved to Naumburg in Central Germany.
Births
- January 20 - Alp Arslan, sultan of the Seljuk Empire
- July 5 - Al-Mustansir Billah, caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
- Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Arab astrologer and astronomer
- Al-Humaydī, Andalusian scholar and writer of Islamic studies
- Clement III, antipope of the Catholic Church
- Kaoruko, Japanese empress consort
- Said al-Andalusi, Moorish astronomer and mathematician
- Ulrich of Zell, German abbot and saint
Deaths
- January 20 - Heonae, Korean queen consort and regent
- January 27 - Unwan, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
- May 28 - Herman of Ename, count of Verdun
- Abu'l-Qasim Jafar, Buyid statesman and vizier
- Al-Karaji, Persian mathematician and engineer
- Fujiwara no Kinsue, Japanese statesman and courtier
- Fujiwara no Tametoki, Japanese nobleman
- Haakon Ericsson, Norwegian Viking nobleman
- Ibn al-Kattani, Moorish astrologer, poet and physician
- Kushyar Gilani, Persian mathematician and geographer
- Lu Zongdao, Chinese official and politician
- Salih ibn Mirdas, Arab founder of the Mirdasid Dynasty