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Contents

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

★ George Tsul, ruler of Khazaria, is captured by a combined Byzantine-Rus' force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence.

Europe

★ Norman knights arrive in Sicily.

★ Edmund II is king of England after Ethelred's death.

★ Canute of Denmark and Edmund II divide England. After Edmund's death, Canute is left as the sole ruler of England.

★ Battle of Neaje.

★ Battle of Brentford

★ October 18 — Battle of Ashingdon.

Asia

★ End of the reign of Emperor Sanjō. He is succeeded by Emperor Go-Ichijō.

★ Earthquakes partly destroy the Dome of the Rock.

Births

★ 26 July — Casimir I of Poland (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel) Duke of Poland

★ Harold Harefoot (d. 1040)

Deaths

★ April 23 — Ethelred the Unready, King of England

★ November 30 — Edmund II, King of England

★ Emperor Sanjō, Japanese emperor