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Contents

Events

By Place

Asia

Asia

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ January 1 — Kievan Rus' adopts the Julian calendar.

Asia

★ Construction of the Al-Hakim Mosque begins in Cairo.

Europe

★ The city of Lund, Sweden (then Denmark) was founded.

By Topic

Religion

★ The Pax Ecclesiae, an edict by the church in southern France attempting to outlaw acts of war against non-combatants and the clergy, is promulgated.

Births

★ Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (approximate)

★ Edmund II of England, (approximate)

★ Mieszko II of Poland, king of Poland from 1025 to 1031, duke from 1032 to 1034

★ Yorimichi, regent to the Japanese emperor from 1017 to 1020 and from 1020 to 1068

★ Johannes Skotus, Bishop of Mecklenburg (approximate)

★ Bi Sheng, Song Dynasty Chinese inventor of movable type printing

Deaths

★ Kaneie, regent to the Japanese emperor from 986 to 990

★ Al-Uqlidisi, Middle East mathematician

★ Dunash ben Labrat