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

====Europe====
* Summer &ndash; In [[Duchy of Naples|Naples]], Duke [[Sergius IV of Naples|Sergius IV]] abdicates and retires to a monastery; he is succeeded by his son [[John V of Naples|John V]].
* A [[Zirid dynasty|Zirid]] expeditionary force invades [[Emirate of Sicily|Sicily]] and takes [[Palermo]] from the [[Norman conquest of southern Italy|Normans]], but fails to fully reconquer the island.<ref>{{cite book|first=Gilbert|last=Meynier|year=2010|title=L'Algérie, cœur du Maghreb classique: De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)|location=Paris|publisher=La Découverte|page=50}}</ref>

==== England ====
* [[February 5]] &ndash; [[Edward the Confessor]]'s younger brother [[Alfred Aetheling]] is blinded and murdered, in an apparent attempt to seize the throne of [[Kingdom of England|England]] from [[Harold Harefoot|Harold I]].

==== Africa ====
* [[June 13]] &ndash; Caliph [[al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah]] dies after a 16-year reign. He is succeeded by his 6-year-old son [[Al-Mustansir Billah|al-Mustansir]] as ruler of the [[Fatimid Caliphate]]. Vizier [[Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i]] will guide the regency for the first few years.

==== China ====
* The [[Tangut script]] is devised by [[Yeli Renrong]], for Emperor [[Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia|Jing Zong]] of [[Western Xia]].<ref>''[[History of Song (Yuan dynasty)|History of Song]]'' (1346).</ref>

==== Japan ====
* [[May 15]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Go-Ichijō|Go-Ichijō]] dies at the age of 27 after a 20-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother [[Emperor Go-Suzaku|Go-Suzaku]] as the 69th emperor of [[Japan]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Benedict IX]] is briefly forced out of [[Rome]], but returns with the help of the elder [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor]].
* The [[Flower Sermon]] first appears in [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] literature.</onlyinclude>