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== Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Europe ==== * [[February 14]] or [[March 9]] – The first known mention is made of the [[name of Lithuania]], in connection with the murder of [[Bruno of Querfurt]]. He is [[Decapitation|beheaded]] and his 18 companions are hanged the same day during a mission among the [[Old Prussians|Prussians]] in the [[Baltic region]].<ref>In the [[Annals of Quedlinburg]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]].</ref> * [[May 9]] – [[Norman conquest of southern Italy#Lombard revolt, 1009–1022|Lombard Revolt]]: Lombard forces led by [[Melus of Bari|Melus]], an Italian [[Nobility|nobleman]], revolt in [[Bari]] against the [[Catepanate of Italy]] (a province of the [[Byzantine Empire]]). He and his brother-in-law [[Dattus]] (or Datto) mobilise a large army and invade southern [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]].<ref>Norwich, John Julius. ''The Normans in the South 1016–1130''. Longmans; London, 1967.</ref> * [[November 1]] – Berber forces led by [[Sulayman ibn al-Hakam]] defeat the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph [[Muhammad II of Córdoba|Muhammad II]] in the battle of [[Alcolea]]. He enters the city of [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]], which is sacked by [[Berbers]] and [[Kingdom of Castile|Castillans]]. Sulayman is elected as caliph of the [[Caliphate of Córdoba]]. * Doge [[Pietro II Orseolo]] dies after an 18-year reign in which he has started the expansion of Venetia by conquering the islands of [[Lastovo]] and [[Korčula]] along the [[Dalmatia]]n coast. Pietro is succeeded by his 16-year-old son [[Otto Orseolo]] as sole ruler of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]].<ref>Norwich, John Julius (1982). ''A History of Venice''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.</ref> * Law on planning and building passed in [[Serbia in the Middle Ages|Serbia]] during the reign of Prince [[Jovan Vladimir]]. ==== England ==== * Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders led by [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] repeatedly attack southern [[Kingdom of England|England]], destroying the land to avenge the [[St. Brice's Day massacre]] of [[1002]]. *August – A large Viking army led by [[Thorkell the Tall]] lands on [[Kent]] and proceeds to terrorize most of [[Southern England]].<ref>{{cite book | author= Peter Sawyer |title = The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings |year = 2001 |location=London |publisher= Oxford University Press | isbn= 978-0-19-285434-6 | page=75}}</ref><ref>The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</ref> ==== Asia ==== * Spring – General [[Kang Cho]] leads a coup against King [[Mokjong of Goryeo|Mokjong]]. He is deposed and sent into [[exile]] in [[Chungju]]. After murdering Mokjong, Kang Cho places [[Hyeonjong of Goryeo|Hyeonjong]] on the [[throne]] as ruler of [[Goryeo]]. * November – The [[Lý dynasty|Lý Dynasty]] in [[Vietnam]] is proclaimed by Emperor [[Lý Thái Tổ]] (former commander of the [[Royal Guard|palace guard]]) after the death of [[Lê Long Đĩnh]], the last monarch of the [[Early Lê dynasty|Lê Dynasty]]. ==== Japan ==== * Princess Takahime (daughter of Imperial Prince Tomohira, cousin of emperor Ichijo) is married to [[Fujiwara no Yorimichi]], first son of [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], enlarging the latter’s power. * Takashina no Mitsuko is imprisoned for cursing the empress; [[Fujiwara no Korechika]] is also implicated but later pardoned. * [[Murasaki Shikibu]] teaches the Chinese written language to Empress Shoshi in secret because this is usually a male accomplishment. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * Summer – Pope [[Pope John XVIII|John XVIII]] dies after a [[pontificate]] of 5-years. He is succeeded by [[Pope Sergius IV|Sergius IV]] as the 142nd [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. * [[August 29]] – [[Mainz Cathedral]] suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its [[inauguration]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Ian|last=Sutton|title=Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present|location=London|publisher=Thames & Hudson|year=1999|isbn=978-0-500-20316-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/westernarchitect00sutt}}</ref> * [[October 18]] – The [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Jerusalem]] is destroyed by the [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] caliph [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]].</onlyinclude>
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