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Events

By Place

Europe

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland

★ Origin of Orsay (commune)

By Topic

Religion

★ April 2 — Pope Silvester II succeeds Pope Gregory V as the 139th pope.

★ Sigmundur Brestisson introduces Christianity in the Faroe Islands

★ Christianity adopted in Iceland

Births

★ Bao Qingtian, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (d. 1062)

Deaths

★ February 7 — Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia

★ February 18 — Pope Gregory V

★ December 16 — Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)

★ December - Elisabeth of Vendôme, wife of Fulk III of Anjou (aka Fulk the Black)

★ Maredudd ab Owain, King of Gwynedd