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Contents
Events
By Place
Europe
Asia
Births
Deaths

Events


By Place

Europe


Badìa Fiorentina, an abbey in Florence, Italy, is founded by Willa, Margravine of Tuscany.

Ethelred II becomes king of England at age 10, following the assassination of his half-brother King Edward the Martyr.

★ Revolt of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria against Otto II ends.
Asia


Wu-Yue State forced to surrender to the Chinese Song Dynasty

★ One of the Four Great Books of Song, the ''Tàipíng guÇŽngjì'' is a Chinese encyclopedia documenting various stories of Chinese myths and subjects of theology. Divided into 500 volumes, it consisted of over 3 million written Chinese characters.

Births



★ Princess Zoe of Byzantium, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire

Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Novgorod and Kiev

Deaths



March 18 — King Edward the Martyr of England, murdered by supporters of his half-brother

Abraham of Alexandria, Coptic pope

Li Houzhu, last Chinese emperor of the Southern Tang (born 936)

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