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Contents

Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ December: End of the Samanid dynasty in Bokhara.

★ Liao Dynasty launches a major offensive against the Song Dynasty. They meet near Shanyang, north of the Song capital of Kaifeng.

Europe

★ Boleslaus I of Poland loses Bohemia after having become duke the previous year. He is succeeded as duke of Bohemia by Jaromir.

★ Sancho III becomes king of Navarre.

★ Sweyn destroys Norwich.

★ Aberdeen becomes a bishopry.

Births

★ Abdallah ibn Al-Aftas (approximate date) (d. 1060)

★ Goda of England (d. 1055)

Deaths

★ November 13 — Abbon of Fleury

★ Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet

★ Erik the Red (approximate date, maybe 1003) (b. 950)

★ Li Jiqian, Tangut jiedushi who ruled the new Western Xia Dynasty in northwestern China (born 963)