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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Sweyn I of Denmark begins his first invasion of England.

★ Humbert I becomes the first count of Savoy.

★ King Robert II of France invades Burgundy, but fails.

★ Boleslaus I of Poland becomes duke of Bohemia and Moravia.

Asia

★ Zubu khan surrenders to the Liao Dynasty

By Topic

Religion

★ May 16 — Pope John XVII succeeds Pope Silvester II as the 140th pope.

★ December 25 — Pope John XVIII succeeds Pope John XVII as the 141st pope.

Births

★ Edward the Confessor (approximate date) (d. 1066)

Deaths

★ May 12 — Pope Silvester II

★ November 6 — Pope John XVII

★ Philotheos of Alexandria, Coptic Patriarch