* 1043: the Byzantine General George Maniaces, who had served in Sicily back in 1038, was proclaimed emperor by his troops while he was catepan of Italy ; he led an unsuccessful rebellion against Constantine IX Monomachos and was killed in battle in Macedonia during his march towards Constantinople.

In 1038, a Byzantine army under George Maniaces crossed the strait of Messina.

Between 1038 and 1040, he and other Normans fought in Sicily along with the Lombards as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire against the Saracens.

With his brother, he took part in the campaign of the Byzantine catepan George Maniaches in Sicily ( 1038 ) and then in the campaign against the Greeks of Apulia with the Lombard prince Guaimar IV of Salerno.

He was out of confinement by 1038, when he returned to Apulia, then in an uproar over being pressed into service during the Byzantine invasion of Sicily.

The Varangians also participated in the partial reconquest of Sicily from the Arabs under George Maniakes in 1038.

Beginning in 1038, Maniakes landed in southern Italy and soon had captured Messina.

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Ferdinand inherited the title of King of León, entering the city of León on 1038.

In 1038 Liparit was on the verge of capturing the Georgian city of Tbilisi, which had been under the Muslim sway for centuries ; but fearing his growing power the Georgian nobles thwarted the plan and persuaded the king to make peace with the emir of Tbilisi.

He in turn looted Poland, including the cities of Krakow and Gniezno ( 1038 ), where he obtained the relics of St. Adalbert.

After this Lyfing ( 1013 – 1020 ) and Aethelnoth ( 1020 – 1038 ) added a western apse as an oratory of St. Mary.

St. Stephen granted town rights to the settlement, surrounded the town with a plank wall, had a provosty and a school built and under his rule the construction of the Székesfehérvár Basilica began ( it was built between 1003 and 1038 ).

* Pannonhalma, letter of privileges of Pannonhalma ( The Vazul-line: Kings of the Árpád dynasty after St. Stephen ( 1038 — 1301 ))

It is said that, in 1038, they were dispersed in winter quarters in the Thracesian theme when one of their number attempted to violate a countrywoman, but in the struggle she seized his sword and killed him ; instead of taking revenge, however, his comrades applauded her conduct, compensated her with all his possessions, and exposed his body without burial as if he had committed suicide.

" In 1038, two years after the death of al-Zahir, the Druze movement was able to resume because the new leadership that replaced him had friendly political ties with at least one prominent Druze leader.

Poznań and Gniezno were early centres of royal power, but following devastation of the region by pagan rebellion in the 1030s, and the invasion of Bretislaus I of Bohemia in 1038, the capital was moved by Casimir the Restorer from Gniezno to Kraków.

The pagan reaction that followed Mieszko II's death ( probably in Poznań ) in 1034 left the region weak, and in 1038 Bretislaus I of Bohemia sacked and destroyed both Poznań and Gniezno.

King Stephen died on the feast day which commemorates the bodily assumption into heaven of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Feast of the Assumption on 15 August, in the year 1038, at Esztergom-Szentkirály or Székesfehérvár, where he was buried.

He subsequently commanded USS McCloy ( FF 1038 ), USS Spruance ( DD 963 ), the Atlantic Fleet's Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, Destroyer Squadron Seventeen, and Destroyer Squadron Five.

The name of Versailles appears for the first time in a medieval document dated 1038.

During Wrocław's early history, its control changed hands between Bohemia ( until 992, then 1038 – 1054 ), the Kingdom of Poland ( 992 – 1038 and 1054 – 1202 ), and, after the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Poland, the Piast-ruled duchy of Silesia.

Year 1038 ( MXXXVIII ) was a common year starting on Sunday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.

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* 1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.

The Serbs, led by Syrgiannes, advanced as far as Thessalonica, but there Syrgiannes was betrayed and killed the by the Byzantine general Sphrantzes Palaiologos.

The defection of the commander of the Byzantine navy, megas doux Andronikos Kontostephanos, and the general Andronikos Angelos, played a key role in allowing the rebellious forces to enter Constantinople.

* 537 – Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1, 600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen.

* Alexios Branas, Byzantine general

* Alexios Philanthropenos, Byzantine general

* Alexios Raoul ( protovestiarios ), Byzantine general

* Alexios Strategopoulos, Byzantine general

* 533 – Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.

* 536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed, the Gothic garrison flee the capital.

In general usage, the Byzantine imperial title evolved from simply " emperor " ( basileus ), to " emperor of the Romans " ( basileus tōn Rōmaiōn ) in the 9th century, to " emperor and autocrat of the Romans " ( basileus kai autokratōr tōn Rōmaiōn ) in the 10th.

Although the term " Greek fire " has been general in English and most other languages since the Crusades, in the original Byzantine sources it is called by a variety of names, such as " sea fire " (), " Roman fire " (), " war fire " (), " liquid fire " (), or " manufactured fire " ().

In general, the invaders destroyed or weakened Roman and Byzantine cultural centers in the lands that would become Albania.

* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.

The work concludes with the defeat of the Goths by the Byzantine general Belisarius.

* 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.

* 1104 – Nikephoros Melissenos, Byzantine general ( b. c. 1045 )

Meanwhile the Byzantine general Belisarius was preparing for an invasion of Italy.

On 9 December 536, the Byzantine general Belisarius entered Rome with the approval of Pope Silverius.

* George Maniaces, Greek Byzantine general

* Belisarius, Byzantine general

* The Byzantine general Thomas the Slav secures control over most of Byzantine Anatolia as well as recognition from the Abbasid Caliphate, and crosses over into Europe.

* The Byzantine general Leo ( the future emperor Leo III ) recovers Abasgia for the Byzantine Empire from the Arabs.