1035

By place

Europe

• July - The 8-year-old William I becomes duke of Normandy, after his father Robert I dies, on a pilgrimage at Nicaea. Robert's death leads to a period of instability in Normandy, as William is too young to take his father's place. The Norman nobles in the region take the opportunity to settle old feuds, and to increase their private wealth.
• Emperor Conrad II grants the city of Koper town rights, and some degree of self-government, within the Holy Roman Empire.
• October 16 - Conrad II grants the right to hold the first Freimarkt festival in Bremen. The city increases her trade with Norway, and the northern Netherlands.
• October 18 - King Sancho III of Pamplona dies and divides his dominions among his four sons, García Sánchez III, Gonzalo I, Ferdinand I and Ramiro I.
• Pisa launches a naval assault against the Saracen pirates strongholds in the Lipari Islands.

  England

• November 12 - King Cnut dies at Shaftesbury leaving the rule of England in dispute between his sons Harthacnut and Harold Harefoot. The earls of Northumbria and Mercia support Harold's claim while Godwin supports Harthacnut. Harold is elected as regent or joint ruler of England. Cnut is buried in the Old Minster in Winchester.
• Winter - Harthacnut is unable to travel to his coronation in England because his Danish kingdom is under threat of an invasion by King Magnus I of Norway and King Anund Jacob of Sweden.