Editing 1041 (section)

== Events ==
<onlyinclude>

=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[December 10]] &ndash; Emperor [[Michael IV the Paphlagonian]] dies after a 6-year reign. His wife, Empress [[Zoë Porphyrogenita|Zoë]], elevates (on the advice of her lover [[John the Orphanotrophos]]) her adoptive son to the throne of the [[Byzantine Empire]], as [[Michael V Kalaphates]]. Shortly after, Michael comes into conflict with his uncle John, and banishes him to a monastery.

==== Europe ====
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Battle of Olivento]]: Norman troops and their Lombard allies, led by [[William Iron Arm]], are victorious against the Byzantines at the feet of the [[Monte Vulture]], near the River Olivento in [[Apulia]]. 
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[Battle of Montemaggiore]]: Lombard-Norman rebel forces, led by William, are again victorious, and defeat a Byzantine army (18,000 men) on the hill of Montemaggiore, near the [[Ofanto|River Ofanto]].
* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Battle of Montepeloso]]: Lombard-Norman rebel forces, led by William, defeat the Byzantines at [[Irsina|Montepeloso]]. During the battle, [[Exaugustus Boioannes|Boioannes]], governor of the [[Catepanate of Italy]], is captured.
* Winter &ndash; [[Battle of Ostrovo]]: The Byzantines, with the help of the [[Varangian Guard]], led by [[Harald Hardrada]] (future king of [[Kingdom of Norway|Norway]]), defeat the Bulgarian troops, near [[Lake Vegoritida|Lake Ostrovo]] in [[Greece]].

==== England ====
* King [[Harthacnut]] invites his half-brother [[Edward the Confessor]] to return to [[Kingdom of England|England]] from [[exile]] in [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]] as his heir as king of England,<ref>{{cite ODNB|last=Lawson|first= M. K.|id=12252|title=Harthcnut|date=2004-09-23}}</ref> with the support of [[Godwin, Earl of Wessex]].<ref>''[[Quadripartitus]]''.</ref> 
* The city of [[Worcester, England|Worcester]] rebels against the naval [[tax]]es of Harthacnut. He reduces the navy from 60 to 32 ships.

==== Africa ====
* The [[Zirid dynasty]] rejects [[Shia Islam|Shi'ite]] obedience and [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] domination, and recognizes the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasids]] as their overlords.<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p.50.</ref>

==== Asia ====
* At about this time, the number of enlisted soldiers in the [[Song dynasty]] Chinese military reaches well over 1,250,000 troops, an increase since [[1022]], when there were a million soldiers.</onlyinclude>