Æthelred the Unready, or Æthelred II ( circa 968 – 23 April 1016 ), was king of England ( 978 – 1013 and 1014 – 1016 ).

* 1014 – Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.

* 1014 – Byzantine – Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion – Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15, 000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.

* 1014 – 1020: The Book of Healing, a vast philosophical and scientific encyclopaedia, is written by Avicenna, Persian scholar.

* Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria ( lived 958 – 1014, reigned 976 – 1014 )

** Sudislav (?- 1063 ), Prince of Pskov ( 1014 – 1036 ), possible of another wife, but he is mentioned in Nikon's Chronicles.

Samuel died of a heart attack on 6 October 1014, two months after the catastrophic battle of Kleidion, and Bulgaria was fully subjugated by Basil II four years later, ending the five decades-long Byzantine – Bulgarian conflict.

Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig ( c. 941 – 23 April 1014 ) (,, ), was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill.

1986, No. 6 ( Dec., 1986 ), pp. 1014 – 1029

* Mael Sechnaill mac Domnaill, 979 – 1002 ; 1014 – 1022

* Brian Boruma, 1002 – 1014

* George I of Georgia ( 1014 – 1027 )

** Adèle, Countess of Contenance ( c. 1009 / 1014 – 8 January 1079 ), m. 1 Richard III, Duke of Normandy ; m. 2 Baldwin V, Count of Flanders

Rajaraja Chola I ( reigned 985 to 1014 ) and his son Rajendra Chola I ( reigned 1014 – 42 ), who were from the Dravidian kingdom in southern India, sent out a great naval expedition that occupied parts of Myanmar, Malaya, and Sumatra.

Anawrahta Minsaw (, ; 1014 – 1078 ) was the founder of the Pagan Empire.

The Battle of Clontarf was fought on the banks of the River Tolka in 1014 ( a field called the bloody acre is supposed to be part of the site ).

According to tradition, Brian Boru, ' High King ' of Ireland ( d. at the Battle of Clontarf, 1014 CE ) played the harp, as did many of the gentry in the country during the period of the Gaelic Lordship of Ireland ( ended c. 1607 CE with the " Flight of the Earls " following the Elizabethan Wars ).

One of the last major battles involving Vikings was the Battle of Clontarf on the 23 April 1014, in which Vikings fought both for the Irish over-king Brian Boru's army and for the Viking-led army opposing him.

* 1014: the Byzantine armies of Basil II are victorious over Samuil of Bulgaria in the Battle of Kleidion.

* 1014: the Gaelic forces of Munster and most other Irish kingdoms under High King Brian Boru defeat a combined Leinster-Viking force in the Battle of Clontarf but Brian Boru gets killed at the end of the battle.

* Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which eventually ends in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.

On 29 July 1014, Basil II and his general Nikephoros Xiphias outmanoeuvred the Bulgarian army, which was defending one of the fortified passes, in the Battle of Kleidion.

The song consists of 11 stanzas, and within it the valkyries weave and choose who is to be slain at the Battle of Clontarf ( fought outside Dublin in 1014 CE ).

Many Irish annals state that Brian was in his 88th year when he fell in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.

Their son Thorfinn Sigurdsson was said to be five years old when Sigurd was killed on 23 April 1014 in the Battle of Clontarf.

The Battle of Clontarf () took place on 23 April 1014 between the forces of Brian Boru and the forces led by the King of Leinster, Máel Mórda mac Murchada: composed mainly of his own men, Viking mercenaries from Dublin and the Orkney Islands led by his cousin Sigtrygg, as well as the one rebellious king from the province of Ulster.

These royal lines would later produce such great kings as the fourth century King Niall of the Nine Hostages who died in France while cutting off the retreat of the Romans from Britain, and King Brian Boru who died in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, finally expelling the Vikings from Dublin and Ireland.

The Battle of Kleidion ( or Clidium, after the medieval name of the village of Klyuch, "( the ) key "; also known as the Battle of Belasitsa ) took place on July 29, 1014 between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire.

The Battle of Kleidion was fought by the river in 1014.

* Battle of Clontarf, 1014

It is dedicated to the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II of Norway, who fought alongside the Anglo-Saxon King Ethelred the Unready against the Danes in the Battle of London Bridge in 1014.

It all comes to a head at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.

The climax of his campaign was supposed to be a rally at Clontarf, just north of the city, which was chosen for its symbolic importance due to the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.

But he was killed in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, and twelve years as High King was not long enough to unify the island politically.

The district remained under Danish control until the Viking defeat by Brian Boru at the famous Battle of Clontarf in 1014.

The town was first mentioned as Prilep in 1014, as the place where Tsar Samuil allegedly had a heart attack upon seeing thousands of his soldiers had been blinded by the Byzantines after the Battle of Kleidion.

The Battle of Brunanburh 937. 6, the Battle of Tara 980. 1, and the Battle of Clontarf 1014. 1 are all described in brief detail.

In 1014, Brian's armies confronted the armies of Leinster and Dublin at Clontarf near Dublin on Good Friday.

Clontarf 1014

Clontarf 1014

Clontarf 1014

Clontarf 1014

The Vikings, or Ostmen as they called themselves, ruled Dublin for almost three centuries, though they were expelled in 902 only to return in 917 and notwithstanding their defeat by the Irish High King Brian Boru at the battle of Clontarf in 1014.

The decline of Clann Cholmáin, and the defeat inflicted on the Uí Dúnlainge, led by Máel Mórda mac Murchada, at the battle of Clontarf in 1014, changed the political landscape to favour the Uí Cheinnselaig once more.