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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

Africa

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess.

★ Battle of Cedynia — Polish duke Mieszko I defeats Germans.

★ Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I of Bohemia in Bohemia.

★ The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt.

★ Emperor John Tzimisces makes eastern Bulgaria a Byzantine dependency.

★ A battle between Estonian and Icelandic vikings in Saaremaa described in Njál's saga.

Asia

★ Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev.

Africa

★ Fatimids enter Egypt, establish the city of Cairo and the Al-Azhar mosque.

★ Buluggin ibn Ziri appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, start of the Zirid dynasty

By Topic

Religion

★ Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope.

★ Saint Eadburga is canonized.

Births

★ March 27 — King Robert II of France (d. 1031)

★ Al-Mawardi

★ Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (d. 1057)

★ Fujiwara no Yukinari

★ Fulk III of Anjou

★ Pope Gregory V

★ Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

★ Renauld I, Count of Nevers

Deaths

★ July 15 — Boleslav I of Bohemia

★ September 6 — Pope John XIII

★ Liutprand, bishop of Cremona and historian

★ Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev