1032

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Spring - Emperor Romanos III sends a Byzantine expeditionary army under General Michael Protospatharios, which includes Western auxiliaries and elite troops of Asia Minor, to reinforce the Byzantine position in Calabria.

Europe

• September 6 - King Rudolph III dies without any heirs. He bequeaths his entire dominions to Emperor Conrad II, [Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II], dispatching to him the Holy Lance and ring of St. Maurice, symbols of Burgundian investiture.
• Odo II, count of Champagne, invades Burgundy and seizes most of the kingdom for himself. With the assistance of Humbert I of Savoy, Queen-dowager Ermengarde flees to the safety of Zürich.
• Winter - Conrad II marches with his army into Champagne and devastates the land – forcing Odo II to sue for peace and swear to abandon Burgundy. The bishops prevent Conrad from seizing control of Burgundy.
• The first mention is made of Kursk, Russia, in the hagiography of Theodosius, who becomes a monk at the Kiev [Pechersk Lavra|Kiev Caves Monastery].

By topic

Religion

• October - Pope John XIX dies after an 8-year pontificate at Rome. He is succeeded by his nephew Benedict IX as the 145th pope of the Catholic Church, while still in his teens.