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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Canute the Great is acclaimed king of England.

★ England is divided into the earldoms of Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria.

★ Canute marries Emma of Normandy.

★ Melus of Bari rebels, supported by Norman mercenaries. He is victorious in three pitched battles against the Byzantines.

Asia

★ Abd-ar-Rahman IV is Umayyad caliph, succeeding Suleiman II.

★ Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad publicly declares Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah to be God, founding the Druze religion.

Births

★ October 29 — Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)

★ Zhou Dunyi — Neo-Confucian philosopher in Song Dynasty China (d. 1073)

Deaths

★ Abd-ar-Rahman IV, Umayyad caliph

★ Elvira of Castile (daughter of García I), Regent of Leon (b. 965)