History
1024
General
Population: 266 Million*
- Religion: Death of Pope Benedict VIII – Pope John XIX (Ioannes Undevicesimus, Conti di Tusculum) elected
- Deaths: Emperor Henry the Saint, Pope Benedict VIII, Swedish King Olaf Skutkonung
Asia
- India: Mahmud storms Somnath in Gujarat, India
Europe
- Holy Roman Empire: Death of HRE Henry the Saint – succeeded as German king by Conrad II the Salic – first of Franconian line rules to 1039
- Sweden: Death of Swedish king Olaf Skutkonung
Middle East
- Turkey: End of Ghaznavid Empire expansion