1039

Year 1039 (MXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Europe

 * June 4 – Emperor Conrad II (the Elder) dies of gout in Utrecht after a 12-year reign. He is succeeded by his 21-year-old son, Henry III (the Black), who also becomes king of Italy and Burgundy.
 * Duke Casimir I (the Restorer) returns to Poland, and makes great efforts to rebuild the war-ruined country. He establishes his residence at Kraków (which becomes Poland's capital until 1596).

Religion

 * The Abbey of Bec is founded, located in Le Bec-Hellouin, Normandy (modern France).

Births

 * Helibo, Chinese nobleman and chieftain (d. 1092)
 * Minamoto no Yoshiie, Japanese samurai (d. 1106)
 * Robert de Stafford, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
 * Sancho IV, king of Pamplona (approximate date)
 * Su Zhe, Chinese politician and historian (d. 1112)
 * Vseslav of Polotsk, Kievan prince (approximate date)

Deaths

 * March 10 – Odo (or Eudes), French nobleman
 * April 16 – William III, count of Weimar and Eichsfeld
 * May 27 – Dirk III (or Theodoric), count of Holland
 * June 4 – Conrad II (the Elder), Holy Roman Emperor
 * July 20 – Conrad II (the Younger), duke of Carinthia
 * September 19 – Fujiwara no Genshi, empress of Japan (b. 1016)
 * November 4 – Hugh of Chalon, French bishop
 * November 29 – Adalbero, German nobleman
 * Abu Nasr Mushkan, Persian statesman (or 1040)
 * Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, prince of Gwynedd
 * Nathar Shah, Tamil mystic and preacher (b. 969)
 * Regimbald, German abbot and bishop
 * Reginar V (or Régnier), French nobleman
 * Sophia I, German princess and abbess (b. 975)
 * Unsuri, Persian poet and writer (or 1040)