1040

1040 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1040; MXL
Ab urbe condita	1793
Armenian calendar	489; ԹՎ ՆՁԹ
Assyrian calendar	5790
Balinese saka calendar	961–962
Bengali calendar	447
Berber calendar	1990
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1584
Burmese calendar	402
Byzantine calendar	6548–6549
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit); 3736 or 3676; — to —; 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon); 3737 or 3677
Coptic calendar	756–757
Discordian calendar	2206
Ethiopian calendar	1032–1033
Hebrew calendar	4800–4801
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1096–1097
- Shaka Samvat	961–962
- Kali Yuga	4140–4141
Holocene calendar	11040
Igbo calendar	40–41
Iranian calendar	418–419
Islamic calendar	431–432
Japanese calendar	Chōryaku 4 / Chōkyū 1; (長久元年)
Javanese calendar	943–944
Julian calendar	1040; MXL
Korean calendar	3373
Minguo calendar	872 before ROC; 民前872年
Nanakshahi calendar	−428
Seleucid era	1351/1352 AG
Thai solar calendar	1582–1583
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年; (female Earth-Rabbit); 1166 or 785 or 13; — to —; 阳金龙年; (male Iron-Dragon); 1167 or 786 or 14

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1010s 1020s 1030s – 1040s – 1050s 1060s 1070s
Years:	1037 1038 1039 – 1040 – 1041 1042 1043

1040 (MXL) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1040th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 40th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 11th century, and the 1st year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1040, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred.
June 17 – Harthacanute lands at Sandwich and reclaims the English Throne.
August 15 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as Scottish Monarch.
The oldest brewery still active is founded at Weihenstephan.
Seljuk Turks defeat the Ghaznavids at the Battle of Dandanaqan.