1012

1012 (MXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 11th century, and the 3rd year of the 1010s decade. As of the start of 1012, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Pope Benedict VIII (c. 980–1024)

1012 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1012 MXII
Ab urbe condita	1765
Armenian calendar	461 ԹՎ ՆԿԱ
Assyrian calendar	5762
Balinese saka calendar	933–934
Bengali calendar	419
Berber calendar	1962
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1556
Burmese calendar	374
Byzantine calendar	6520–6521
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3708 or 3648     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3709 or 3649
Coptic calendar	728–729
Discordian calendar	2178
Ethiopian calendar	1004–1005
Hebrew calendar	4772–4773
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1068–1069
- Shaka Samvat	933–934
- Kali Yuga	4112–4113
Holocene calendar	11012
Igbo calendar	12–13
Iranian calendar	390–391
Islamic calendar	402–403
Japanese calendar	Kankō 9 / Chōwa 1 (長和元年)
Javanese calendar	914–915
Julian calendar	1012 MXII
Korean calendar	3345
Minguo calendar	900 before ROC 民前900年
Nanakshahi calendar	−456
Seleucid era	1323/1324 AG
Thai solar calendar	1554–1555
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Iron-Boar) 1138 or 757 or −15     — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Water-Rat) 1139 or 758 or −14

Events

• Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which would eventually end in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.
• Sulayman is restored as Umayyad caliph of Cordoba, succeeding Hisham II.
• Benedict VIII becomes pope. Gregory is antipope.
• Archbishop Alphege of Canterbury is murdered by his Danish captors.
• King Aethelred of England pays Danegeld.
• Oldrich succeeds Jaromir as duke of Bohemia.