1006

Years: 1003 1004 1005 - 1006 - 1007 1008 1009

Decades: 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century 1006 state leaders

Events

• Aelfheah (St. Alphege) becomes archbishop of Canterbury.
• The brightest supernova ever recorded, SN 1006, is observed in the constellation of Lupus
• Holmgang declared illegal in Iceland

Births

• Constantine X, emperor of Byzantium (d. 1067)

Deaths

• Gisela of Burgundy

See also: 1006, 1000s, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010s, 1020s