Year in Japan

1039 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).

Era name: Chōryaku 長暦 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Minamoto no Yoshiie 源義家 · Samurai — Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period

Reading the year 1039 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1039 corresponds to Chōryaku 長暦 (year 3 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 1039年 (1039ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 11th century for its neighbours.