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== Events ==
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=== By Place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Pope John XIX]] crowns [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] ("the Elder") and his wife [[Gisela of Swabia]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]] and Empress, respectively, in [[Old St. Peter's Basilica]] in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Herwig|last=Wolfram|authorlink=Herwig Wolfram|title=Conrad II, 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|year=2006|isbn=0-271-02738-X|page=102}}</ref> [[Cnut the Great]], King of Denmark and England, attends the coronation, proving his position as sole ruler of the Danish [[North Sea Empire]].
* [[May 14]] &ndash; King [[Robert II of France]] ("the Pious") sues for peace with his sons. [[Henry I of France|Henry I]] is crowned co-king of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]] at [[Reims Cathedral]], but has little power to rule (until [[1031]]).<ref>{{cite book|first=William W.|last=Clark|authorlink=William W. Clark|title=Medieval Cathedrals|publisher=Greenwood Publishing|location=Westport, CT|year=2006|isbn=978-0-313-32693-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/medievalcathedra0000clar/page/87 87]|url=https://archive.org/details/medievalcathedra0000clar/page/87}}</ref>
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Robert I, Duke of Normandy|Robert the Magnificent]] becomes duke of [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]] after the death of his brother [[Richard III, Duke of Normandy|Richard III]].
* Duke [[Sergius IV of Naples]] donates the [[List of counts of Aversa|County of Aversa]] to a band of [[Normans|Norman]] mercenaries led by [[Rainulf Drengot]], who support him in the war with [[Principality of Capua|Capua]].
* King [[Sigtrygg Silkbeard]] of [[Kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]] and sub-King Flannacán of Brega make a [[pilgrimage]] to Rome.
* [[Ealdred (archbishop of York)|Ealdred]] is appointed [[abbot]] of [[Tavistock Abbey]] in England (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Bagrat IV of Georgia|Bagrat IV]] becomes king of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] on the death of his father, [[George I of Georgia|George I]]. Queen Dowager [[Mariam of Vaspurakan|Mariam]] becomes [[regent]] for her 9-year-old son.
* Wedding of [[Emperor Go-Suzaku|Crown Prince Atsunaga]] of Japan and Imperial [[Princess Teishi]].
* This is the first year of the first ''rabjyung'' (60-year) cycle to start in the [[Tibetan calendar]].

=== By topic ===
==== Science, technology and medicine ====
* ''[[The Book of Healing]]'' ([[Arabic]]: کتاب الشفاء  ''Kitab Al-Shifaʾ'', [[Latin]]: ''Sufficientia''), a comprehensive [[Islamic science|scientific]] and [[Early Islamic philosophy|philosophical]] [[encyclopedia]] written by the Persian [[polymath]] [[Avicenna]] (Abū ʿAlī ibn Sīnā), is published.<ref>{{cite book|first=Lenn Evan|last=Goodman|authorlink=Lenn E. Goodman|year=1992|title=Avicenna|page=31|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=0-415-01929-X}}</ref>
* [[Song dynasty]] Chinese engineer Yan Su reinvents the 3rd-century [[south-pointing chariot]], a mechanical-driven [[compass]] vehicle (as recorded in the ''Song Shi'').</onlyinclude>