1029

Year 1029 (MXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Europe

 * Prince Pandulf IV of Capua becomes the de facto ruler of southern Italy – holding Capua and Naples himself – this in support with his powerful allies Amalfi, Salerno and Benevento. Only the Duchy of Gaeta remains out of his grasp.
 * Rainulf Drengot, head of a mercenary band of Norman knights, is approached by Duke John V of Gaeta and is persuaded to change sides. With Norman help, Duke Sergius IV recovers Naples from Capuan occupation.
 * Duke Bretislav I (Bohemian Achilles) of Bohemia of the Přemyslid Dynasty reconquers Moravia from Poland (approximate date).

Religion

 * The seat of the Bishopric of Zeitz is moved to Naumburg (Saxony-Anhalt) in Central Germany.

Births

 * January 20 – Alp Arslan (Heroic Lion), sultan of the Seljuk Empire (d. 1072)
 * July 5 – Al-Mustansir Billah, caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate (d. 1094)
 * Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Arab astrologer and astronomer (d. 1087)
 * Al-Humaydī, Andalusian scholar and writer of Islamic studies (d. 1095)
 * Clement III, antipope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)
 * Kaoruko (or Saien-no Kogo), Japanese empress consort (d. 1093)
 * Said al-Andalusi, Moorish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1070)
 * Ulrich of Zell (or Wulderic), German abbot and saint (d. 1093)

Deaths

 * January 20 – Heonae, Korean queen consort and regent (b. 964)
 * January 27 – Unwan (or Unwin), archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
 * May 28 – Herman of Ename, count of Verdun (Lower Lorraine)
 * Abu'l-Qasim Jafar, Buyid statesman and vizier (Fasanjas family)
 * Al-Karaji, Persian mathematician and engineer (approximate date)
 * Fujiwara no Kinsue, Japanese statesman and courtier (b. 957)
 * Fujiwara no Tametoki, Japanese nobleman (approximate date)
 * Haakon Ericsson, Norwegian Viking nobleman (approximate date)
 * Ibn al-Kattani, Moorish astrologer, poet and physician (b. 951)
 * Kushyar Gilani, Persian mathematician and geographer (b. 971)
 * Lu Zongdao, Chinese official and politician (approximate date)
 * Salih ibn Mirdas, Arab founder of the Mirdasid Dynasty