Year
The world in 1016
In 1016 the atlas holds 313 states standing across 6 regions. 5 things began that year - North Sea Empire, Hammudid dynasty and Battle of Assandun among them - and 1 ended; 7 people were born and 5 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1010s page, and to its century on the 11th century.
What began in 1016
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 2
- North Sea Empire · state · 1016 – 1035
- Hammudid dynasty · state · 1016 – 1058
Wars and battles 3
- Battle of Assandun · battle · 1016
- Battle of Nesjar · battle · 1016
- Cnut's invasion of England · war · 1016
What ended in 1016
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 1
- Mataram kingdom · state · 716 – 1016
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1016 7
- Henry III · writer · 1016 – 1056
- Harold Harefoot · ruler · 1016 – 1040
- Robert Guiscard · military leader · 1016 – 1085
- Béla I of Hungary · monarch · 1016 – 1063
- Ferdinand I of León · ruler · 1016 – 1066
- Svein Knutsson · person · 1016 – 1035
- Emperor Xingzong of Liao · ruler · 1016 – 1055
Died in 1016 5
- Æthelred the Unready · monarch · 968 – 1016
- Edmund Ironside · monarch · 980 – 1016
- Sulayman ibn al-Hakam · ruler · 965 – 1016
- Sweyn Haakonsson · person · 966 – 1016
- Badis ibn al-Mansur · ruler · 984 – 1016
Standing in 1016
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe164 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Olof Skötkonung, Monarch of Sweden since 995
- Denmark · 800 – present · Harald II of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1014
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806 · Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor since 1014
- Vikings · 793 – 1332
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Kyivan Rus' · 882 – 1240 · Sviatopolk I of Kyiv, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 1015 and Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 1016
- House of Habsburg · 1001 – 1780
- Republic of Venice · 697 – 1797 · Otto Orseolo, Doge of Venice since 1009
and 154 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa46 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · Basil II, Byzantine emperor since 976
- Abbasid Caliphate · 750 – 1258 · Al-Qadir, Abbasid caliph since 991
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Fatimid Caliphate · 909 – 1171 · Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid Caliph since 996
- Caliphate of Córdoba · 929 – 1031 · Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, caliph of Córdoba since 1013 and Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir, caliph of Córdoba since 1016
- Ghana Empire · 100 – 1200
- Buyid dynasty · 934 – 1062 · Sultan al-Dawla, Amir since 1012
- Ifriqiya · 703 – 1705 · Badis ibn al-Mansur, Emir of Ifriqiya since 995 and Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, Emir of Ifriqiya since 1016
- Qarmatians · 899 – 1071
and 36 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa4 states
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
- Sultanate of Mogadishu · 901 – 1600
- Empire of Kitara · 940 – 1300
South Asia35 states
- Tibetans · 850 – 1259
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE · Rajendra I, Chola king since 1014
- Ghurid dynasty · 1011 – 1215
- Kara-Khanid Khanate · 840 – 1212
- Pala Empire · 750 – 1174 · Mahipala, emperor since 978
- Ghaznavid Empire · 962 – 1187 · Mahmud of Ghazni, Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire since 998
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Pratihara dynasty · 800 – 1036
- Chera dynasty · 800 – 1102
- Chandelas of Jejakabhukti · 831 – 1311
and 25 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia30 states
- Song dynasty · 960 – 1279 · Emperor Zhenzong, Emperor of China since 997
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Harivarman III, king since 1010
- Heian period · 794 – 1185
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392
- Liao dynasty · 916 – 1125 · Emperor Shengzong of Liao, Emperor of China since 982
- Pagan Kingdom · 849 – 1297 · Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu, King of Burma since 1001
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Dali Kingdom · 937 – 1253
and 20 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania14 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Ancestral Puebloans · 850 – 1304
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
- Tiwanaku polity · 300 – 1150
- Wari Empire · 600 – 1100
- Classic Veracruz culture · 555 – 1235
- United Provinces of New Granada · 181 – 1816
and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown20 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598 · Sviatopolk I of Kyiv, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 1015 and Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 1016
- Alania · 801 – 1201
- Hindu Shahis · 850 – 1026
- Marwanid dynasty · 983 – 1085
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Uqaylid dynasty · 990 – 1096
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Savoyard state · 1003 – 1861 · Humbert I of Savoy, Duke of Savoy since 1003
- Dál nAraidi · 550 – 1150
and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 991 – 1041: every state, war and life of 1016 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1016: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.