Editing 1024 (section)

===By place===

====Europe====
* [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] expedition to invade [[Emirate of Sicily|Sicily]]: Governor [[History of Islam in southern Italy#Independent emirate of Sicily (965–1091)|Ahmed al-Akhal]] appeals to the [[Zirid dynasty|Zirids]] of [[Ifriqiya]] for help. They dispatch a fleet, but these are caught up in a storm and destroyed near [[Pantelleria]].
* [[Battle of Lemnos (1024)|Battle of Lemnos]]:  [[Kievan Rus'|Kievan]] [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders (800 men) sail through the straits at [[Abydos (Hellespont)|Abydos]] to the [[Aegean Sea]]. From there they make for the island of [[Lemnos]], but are defeated by a Byzantine fleet of the [[Cibyrrhaeot Theme]].<ref>{{John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057|page=347}}</ref>
* [[Roger I of Tosny]], a Norman [[Nobility|nobleman]], leaves the battlefield of the [[Ebro|Ebro Valley]] after terrorising the [[Saracens]] and capturing several towns and castles during the [[Reconquista]] in the [[Iberian Peninsula]] (modern [[Spain]]).<ref name="french crusades">{{cite journal|last=Boissonade|first=B.|title=Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)|journal=Bulletin Hispanique|year=1934|volume=36|issue=1|pages=5–28|url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/hispa_0007-4640_1934_num_36_1_2607|doi=10.3406/hispa.1934.2607}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* Japanese ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet [[Daini no Sanmi]], lady-in-waiting to dowager Grand [[Empress Shōshi]], is married to {{ill|Fujiwara no Kanetaka|ja|藤原兼隆}}.
* Japanese ''waka'' poet [[Sagami (poet)|Sagami]] divorces, returns to [[Kyoto]] and becomes a lady-in-waiting to Imperial Princess Shushi.
* Murder of the daughter of the late Japanese [[Emperor Kazan]], a lady-in-waiting to Shōshi who orders an investigation.
* [[Jiaozi (currency)|Jiaozi]], the world's first [[Banknote|paper-printed money]], which later greatly benefits the [[economy of the Song dynasty]], originates in the [[Sichuan]] province of China.
* Sultan [[Mahmud of Ghazni]] sacks the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] religious center of [[Somnath temple|Somnath]] and takes away a booty of 20 million [[dinar]]s (approximate date).