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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Asia ====
* March/April: The [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid]] Sultan [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Maḥmūd]] sacks brutally the city of [[Rayy]] after having received a request for help by its [[Buyyid]] ruler [[Majd al-Dawla]] for help against his rebellious troops. He crucifies a large number of the local population and burns many books that he considers heretical.<ref>{{Encyclopædia Iranica| last = Nagel | first = Tilman | title = Buyids | url = https://iranicaonline.org/articles/buyids | year = 1990 | volume=4 | fascicle=6 | pages = 578–586 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Tetley |first1=G. E. |title=The Ghaznavid and Seljuk Turks: Poetry as a Source for Iranian History |date=27 October 2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-08438-8 |pages=70–71 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVV9AgAAQBAJ |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* Prince [[Pandulf IV of Capua]] becomes the ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of southern [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] – holding Capua and [[Duchy of Naples|Naples]] himself – this in support with his powerful allies [[Duchy of Amalfi|Amalfi]], [[Principality of Salerno|Salerno]] and [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]]. Only the [[Duchy of Gaeta]] remains out of his grasp. 
* [[Rainulf Drengot]], head of a mercenary band of [[Normans|Norman]] knights, is approached by Duke [[John V of Gaeta]] and is persuaded to change sides. With Norman help, Duke [[Sergius IV of Naples|Sergius IV]] recovers Naples from Capuan occupation.
* Duke [[Bretislav I]] ('''Bohemian Achilles''') of [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]] of the [[Přemyslid dynasty|Přemyslid Dynasty]] reconquers [[Moravia]] from [[Greater Poland|Poland]] (approximate date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The seat of the [[Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz|Bishopric of Zeitz]] is moved to [[Naumburg]] ([[Saxony-Anhalt]]) in [[Central Germany (cultural area)|Central Germany]].
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