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Contents

Events

By Place

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which would eventually end in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.

★ Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, king of Alba reputedly defeats a Danish army at Cruden Bay in Buchan

★ Sulayman is restored as Umayyad caliph of Cordoba, succeeding Hisham II.

★ King Aethelred of England pays tribute to Viking raiders (Danegeld).

★ Oldrich succeeds Jaromir as duke of Bohemia.

By Topic

Religion

★ Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim orders the destruction of all Jewish and Christian places of worship.

★ April 19 — Archbishop Alphege of Canterbury is murdered by his Danish captors.

★ May 18 — Pope Benedict VIII succeeds Pope Sergius IV as the 143rd pope.

★ Gregory is antipope.

Births

★ Pope Benedict IX (approximate date)

★ Marpa, Tibetan translator of holy texts (d. 1097)

★ Cai Xiang Chinese Calligrapher (d. 1067)

Deaths

★ April 19 — Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)

★ May 12 — Pope Sergius IV

★ Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine