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Events

By Place

Oceania

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Astronomy

Births

Deaths

References

Events

By Place

Oceania

★ Major volcanic eruption of Mount Merapi covers all of central Java with ash.^[1]

Europe

★ Holmgang declared illegal in Iceland.

By Topic

Religion

★ Aelfheah (St. Alphege) goes to Pope John XVIII at Rome for his pallium and becomes archbishop of Canterbury.

Astronomy

★ May 1 — The brightest supernova ever recorded, SN 1006, is observed in the constellation of Lupus.

Births

★ Constantine X, emperor of Byzantium (d. 1067)

Deaths

★ Gisela of Burgundy

References

1. A history of Merapi