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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia]], deposes his brother [[Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia|Jaromír]], who flees to [[Greater Poland|Poland]]. Oldřich recognises the suzerainty of King [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry II]] of [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] over [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]]. He secures his rule by suppressing the [[Vršovci]] insurgents.

==== England ====
* [[April]] &ndash; King [[Æthelred the Unready]] resumes the payment of [[Danegeld]] (48,000 pounds of silver) in an attempt to buy off [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Frank Stenton|first=Frank|last=Stenton|title=Anglo-Saxon England|pages=381–384}}</ref>

==== Ireland ====
* [[Máel Mórda mac Murchada]] starts a rebellion against High King [[Brian Boru]] in [[Ireland]], which ends in [[1014]] at the [[Battle of Clontarf]].

==== Scotland ====
* King [[Malcolm II of Scotland]] reputedly defeats a Danish army at [[Cruden Bay]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* Summer &ndash; The climax of the [[Bedouin]] anti-[[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] rebellion in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] is reached. [[Abu'l-Futuh al-Hasan ibn Ja'far]] is acclaimed as anti-[[Caliphate|Caliph]] with the title of ''al-Rashid bi-llah'' ("Righteous with God").<ref>{{cite book | title = A History of Palestine, 634-1099 | first = Moshe | last = Gil | location = Cambridge | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year= 1997 |isbn = 0-521-59984-9 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=M0wUKoMJeccC | pages=382–384}}</ref>

==== Mexico ====
* The [[Tepanec]] tribe settles on the western region of [[Lake Texcoco]]. The [[Lineage (genetic)|lineage]] starts when the [[Chichimeca]] chieftain Acolhua marries Cuetlaxochitzin, daughter of Xolotl, another Chichimeca chieftain.

==== Japan ====
* February &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Kenshi (994–1027)|Fujiwara no Kenshi]], daughter of the powerful court official [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], is elevated to Empress Consort (''Chūgū''). The Emperor's first wife, Fujiwara no Seishi, is also elevated to Empress (''Kōgō'') at the same time but Michinaga ensures that court officials do not attend her ceremony. 
* [[August 12]] &ndash; Death of [[:ja:大江匡衡|Ōe no Masahira]], husband of poet and former palace lady-in-waiting [[Akazome Emon]], who writes a number of mourning poems to him.
* [[Fujiwara no Yorimichi]], second son of Fujiwara no Michinaga, marries the daughter of Michinaga's enemy [[Fujiwara no Kintō]], eventually reconciling the families. Another son of Michinaga, Fujiwara no Akinobu, causes scandal by becoming a priest without telling his parents, but they eventually accept his decision.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Ælfheah of Canterbury|Ælfheah]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]] in England, is murdered by his Danish captors at [[Greenwich]] (after refusing to pay a [[ransom]] of 3,000 pounds for his release).
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius IV]] dies after a 3-year [[pontificate]] at [[Rome]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope Benedict VIII|Benedict VIII]] as the 143rd [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Camaldolese]] order established by [[Romuald]] in Tuscany.</onlyinclude>