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[[File:Fujiwara Michinaga.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Fujiwara no Michinaga]] (966–1028)]]
Year '''1019''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[Sviatopolk I of Kiev|Sviatopolk I]] dies, and is succeeded by his brother [[Yaroslav the Wise|Yaroslav I]] ('''the Wise'''). He becomes the Grand Prince of [[Kievan Rus'|Kiev]] with the support of the [[Veliky Novgorod|Novgorodians]] and the help of [[Varangians|Varangian]] ([[Vikings|Viking]]) mercenaries. Yaroslav consolidates the Kievan state, through both cultural and administrative improvements, and military campaigns.<ref name="britannica1">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/652106/Yaroslav-I |title= Yaroslav I (prince of Kiev) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia|encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate= 2012-04-07}}</ref>

==== Africa ====
* The Azdâji conquest puts an end to the [[Kingdom of Nekor]], in [[Morocco]].

==== Asia ====
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kuju|Battle of Gwiju]]: Korean forces, led by General [[Kang Kam-ch'an]], gain a decisive victory over the [[Khitan people|Khitan]] [[Liao dynasty|Liao Dynasty]] at modern-day [[Kusong]], ending the [[Third Goryeo-Khitan War]].
* [[Toi invasion]]: [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]] pirates, from the Khitan Liao Dynasty in modern-day [[Manchuria]], sail with about 50 ships to invade [[Kyūshū]] in Japan. They assault the islands [[Tsushima Island|Tsushima]] and [[Iki Island|Iki]]. In April the pirates raid [[Matsuura, Nagasaki|Matsuura]] but are defeated by the Japanese army.
* Japanese statesman and regent [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]] retires from public life, installing his son [[Fujiwara no Yorimichi|Yorimichi]] as regent. Michinaga, however, continues to direct affairs of state from his retirement, and remains the [[de facto]] ruler of Japan, until his death in [[1028]].
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== Births ==
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[Sima Guang]], Chinese politician and writer (d. [[1086]])
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Munjong of Goryeo|Munjong]], ruler of [[Goryeo]] ([[Korea]]) (d. [[1083]])
* [[Abe no Sadato]], Japanese nobleman and [[samurai]] (d. [[1062]])
* [[Dominic de la Calzada]], Spanish [[priest]] and saint (d. [[1109]])
* [[Gundekar II of Eichstätt|Gundekar II]] (or '''Gunzo'''), bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt|Eichstätt]] (d. [[1075]])
* [[Mauger (archbishop of Rouen)|Mauger]] (or '''Malger'''), archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen|Rouen]] (d. [[1055]])
* [[Śrīpati]], Indian astronomer and [[mathematician]] (d. [[1066]])
* [[Sweyn II of Denmark|Sweyn II]] ('''Estridsson'''), king of [[Denmark]] (approximate date)
* [[Wang Gui (Song dynasty)|Wang Gui]], Chinese official and [[Grand chancellor (China)|chancellor]] (d. [[1085]])
* [[Wen Tong]], Chinese [[Chinese painting|painter]] and calligrapher (d. [[1079]])
* [[Yūsuf Balasaguni]], Karakhanid statesman (d. 1085)
* [[Zeng Gong]], Chinese scholar and [[historian]] (d. 1083)

== Deaths ==
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Heimerad]] (or '''Heimo'''), German priest and saint
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Frederick of Luxembourg]], count of [[Moselle|Moselgau]] (b. [[965]])
* [[Aldhun]] (or '''Ealdhun'''), bishop of [[Lindisfarne]] (or [[1018]])
* [[Sergius II of Constantinople|Sergius II]] ('''the Studite'''), patriarch of [[Constantinople]]
* [[Sviatopolk I of Kiev|Sviatopolk I]], Grand Prince of [[Kievan Rus'|Kiev]] (b. [[980]])

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