1006 (MVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 11th century, and the 7th year of the 1000s decade. As of the start of 1006, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 10th century11th century12th century
Decades: 970s  980s  990s  – 1000s –  1010s  1020s  1030s
Years: 1003 1004 100510061007 1008 1009
1006 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1006
MVI
Ab urbe condita1759
Armenian calendar455
ԹՎ ՆԾԵ
Assyrian calendar5756
Balinese saka calendar927–928
Bengali calendar413
Berber calendar1956
English Regnal yearN/A
Buddhist calendar1550
Burmese calendar368
Byzantine calendar6514–6515
Chinese calendar乙巳(Wood Snake)
3702 or 3642
    — to —
丙午年 (Fire Horse)
3703 or 3643
Coptic calendar722–723
Discordian calendar2172
Ethiopian calendar998–999
Hebrew calendar4766–4767
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1062–1063
 - Shaka Samvat927–928
 - Kali Yuga4106–4107
Holocene calendar11006
Igbo calendar6–7
Iranian calendar384–385
Islamic calendar396–397
Japanese calendarKankō 3
(寛弘3年)
Javanese calendar908–909
Julian calendar1006
MVI
Korean calendar3339
Minguo calendar906 before ROC
民前906年
Nanakshahi calendar−462
Seleucid era1317/1318 AG
Thai solar calendar1548–1549
Tibetan calendar阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
1132 or 751 or −21
    — to —
阳火马年
(male Fire-Horse)
1133 or 752 or −20
SN 1006 supernova remnant (2008)
SN 1006 supernova remnant (2008)

Events

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Oceania

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  • A major eruption of Mount Merapi volcano covers all of central Java with volcanic ash. This caused devastation throughout central Java, and destroyed a Hindu kingdom on the island of Java.[1]

Europe

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  • Granaries for famine relief are set up across China.

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Religion

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Astronomy

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. "A history of Merapi". Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2013.