1025
Year 1025 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.Events
By place
- December 15 - Byzantine Emperor Basil II dies in Constantinople after a 50-year reign. Never married, he is succeeded by his brother and co-emperor Constantine VIII who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Constantine calls the Sicilian invasion off. Catapan Basil Boioannes diverts the Byzantine expeditionary force already assembled on Calabria to join the siege of Capua.
Europe
- April 18 - Bolesław I the Brave is crowned in Gniezno as the first king of Poland. He takes advantage of the interregnum in Germany, and receives permission for his coronation from Pope John XIX; however, he dies on June 17.
- September - At the urging of Queen Constance of Arles, the three sons of King Robert II of France revolt against their father – Hugh Magnus, Henry I and Robert I, Duke of Burgundy start a civil war over power.
- December 25 - Mieszko II Lambert, son of Bolosław I, is crowned as king of Poland by archbishop Hippolytus in Gniezno Cathedral.
Africa
- Emir Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis of the Zirid dynasty in Ifriqiya attempts to retake Sicily but fails.
Asia
- Srivijaya, a Buddhist kingdom based in Sumatra, is attacked by Emperor Rajendra I of the Chola dynasty of southern India in a dispute over trading rights in Southeast Asia. It survives, but declines in importance.
Births
August 28 - Go-Reizei, Japanese emperor Agnes of Poitou, Holy Roman Empress Anna Dalassene, Byzantine empress and regent Edith of Wessex, English queen Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev, Norwegian queen Gerald of Sauve-Majeure, French abbot Gertrude of Poland, Grand Princess of Kiev John Italus, Byzantine philosopher John of Lodi, Italian hermit and bishop Lothair Udo II, German margrave Nong Zhigao, Vietnamese chieftain of Nong Ruben I, Armenian prince Rudolf of Rheinfelden, duke of Swabia Simon I, French nobleman Tora Torbergsdatter, Norwegian Viking queen William VIII, French noblemanDeaths
June 17 - Bolesław I the Brave, king of Poland September 17 - Hugh Magnus, king of France September 29 - Louis I, count of Chiny and Verdun December 15 - Basil II, Byzantine emperor December 22 - Wang Qinruo, Chinese chancellor Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad, Muslim theologian Burchard of Worms, German bishop and writer Eustathius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch Fujiwara no Seishi, Japanese empress Matilda, countess palatine of Lotharingia Musharrif al-Dawla, Buyid emir of Iraq Mhic Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, Irish king Sabur ibn Ardashir, Persian statesman Watanabe no Tsuna, Japanese samurai
