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Events
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Africa
[edit | edit source]- Khazrun ben Falful, from the Maghrawa family Banu Khazrun, begins ruling Tripoli, on the African continent.
Asia
[edit | edit source]- March 17 – The Buddhist ruler of Butuan, in the Philippines (P’u-tuan in the Sung Dynasty records), Sari Bata Shaja, makes the first tributary mission to China.
- The Tao/Tayk region is annexed by the Byzantines, as the Theme of Iberia.
- Mahmud of Ghazni, Muslim leader of Ghazni, begins a series of raids into northern India, establishing the Ghaznavid Empire across most of today's Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Pakistan.
- November 27 – Battle of Peshawar: Jayapala suffers defeat from the Ghaznavid Empire.
- In Vietnam during the Early Lê dynasty, a rebellion broke out in Cử Long in Thanh Hóa province against king Lê Đại Hành. Former emperor Đinh Phế Đế, who was a general under Đại Hành's reign, died in the battle while suppressing that rebellion.[1]
- Khmer King Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I, and/or Suryavarman I.
- Construction begins on the Liaodi Pagoda, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history (completed in 1055).
- Japan
- January 13 – Empress consort Fujiwara no Teishi dies in childbirth.
- November – The imperial palace is destroyed by fire.
- 70th birthday and longevity ceremony of Fujiwara no Bokushi (mother-in-law of Fujiwara no Michinaga, grandmother of Empress Shōshi).
- 40th birthday of Empress dowager Senshi (mother of Emperor Ichijō).
Europe
[edit | edit source]- February 6 – After leading the revolt against Emperor Otto III and expelling the Crescentii, Gregory I, Count of Tusculum is named "Head of the Republic".
- July 31 – Emperor Otto III confirms the possessions of Ulric Manfred II of Turin, and grants him privileges.
- July – Sergius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Byzantine Emperor Basil II attempts to reconquer Bulgaria.
- Robert II, King of France, marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.
- Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened at Aachen Cathedral.
- The First Battle of Alton: Danish invaders defeat the English.
- Battle of Pinhoe: Vikings defeat the Anglo-Saxons in Devon.
- Bolesław I the Brave begins ruling parts of Slovakia.
- Bryachislav of Polotsk begins ruling Polotsk.
- Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg begins ruling the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg.
- Ermengol I, Count of Urgell makes his second voyage to Rome.
- Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.
- Ælfgar, bishop of Elmham, is consecrated.
- Æthelred becomes bishop of Cornwall, but dies shortly afterwards.
- The town of Lloret de Mar is founded in Catalonia.
- The first reference is made to Khotyn, Ukrainian town,[2] and to Nyalka, Hungarian village, as to Chimudi.
- Brian Boru attacks the Uí Néill in Ireland.
North America
[edit | edit source]- Vikings, led by Leif Erikson, establish small settlements in and around Vinland in North America (approximate date).
By topic
[edit | edit source]Religion
[edit | edit source]- King Edward the Martyr of England is canonized.
- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest is established.
- Oqropiri (Ioane I), Svimeon III and Melkisedek I are Catholicoi of Iberia within one year.
- A tomb of Saint Ivo (possibly) is uncovered in Huntingdonshire, England.
Births
[edit | edit source]- March 29 – Sokkate, Burmese king (d. 1044)
- Al-Qa'im, Abbasid caliph (d. 1075)
- Duncan I, king of Alba (Scotland) (d. 1040)
- Godwin, English nobleman (d. 1053)
- Herluin de Conteville, Norman nobleman (d. 1066)
- Ingegerd Olofsdotter, Grand Princess of Kiev (d. 1050)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- January 13 – Fujiwara no Teishi, empress of Japan (b. 977)
- January 22 – Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab, Uqaylid emir of Mosul[3]
- October 7 – Æthelstan, bishop of Elmham
- December 21 – Hugh, margrave of Tuscany
- Conrad, margrave of Ivrea
- David III of Tao ("the Great"), Georgian prince
- Đinh Phế Đế, Vietnamese emperor (b. 974)
- Ermengarda de Vallespir, Spanish countess
- Izyaslav, Kievan prince of Polotsk
- Ja'far ibn al-Furat, Ikhshidid and Fatimid vizier (b. 921)
- Jayapala, Indian ruler of the Hindu Shahis
- Jayavarman V, emperor of the Khmer Empire
- Wang Yucheng, Chinese official and poet (b. 954)
- Ziri ibn Atiyya, emir of Morocco
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page. 72, Volume I, "Kỷ nhà Lê: Đại Hành Hoàng Đế."
- ↑ "Khotyn". Antychnyi Kyiv (in Russian). Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2007.
- ↑ Busse, Heribert (2004) [1969]. Chalif und Grosskönig - Die Buyiden im Irak (945-1055) [Caliph and Great King - The Buyids in Iraq (945-1055)] (in German). Würzburg: Ergon Verlag. pp. 74–75. ISBN 3-89913-005-7.