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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Danish invasion of England under king Sweyn I. King Ethelred flees to Normandy, and Sweyn becomes king of England.

★ The Poles withdraw from Pomerania (approximate date).

★ The Jews are expelled from the caliphate of Córdoba.

★ Second Italian campaign of German King Henry II.

Asia

★ Estimation: Kaifeng, capital of China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Córdoba in Al-Andalus.[1]

★ The largest of the ''Four Great Books of Song'', the Song Dynasty Chinese encyclopdia ''Prime Tortoise of the Record Bureau'' which had been compiled since 1005 was completed in 1000 volumes of 9.4 million written Chinese characters.

By Topic

Religion

★ Lyfing is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.

★ Beauvais changes from a county to a bishopric (approximate date).

★ Al-Hakim Mosque completed in Cairo

Births

★ Sancha of Leon, wife of Ferdinand I of Leon

Deaths

★ Abu Al-Qasim, scholar of medicine

★ Antipope John XVI