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

==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Henry II, Duke of Bavaria|Henry II]] ('''the Wrangler''') is restored as duke of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] by Empress [[Theophanu]] and her mother-in-law [[Adelaide of Italy|Adelaide]] at an ''[[Hoftag]]'' assembly in [[Rohr, Thuringia|Rohr]] ([[Thuringia]]). King [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] (5-years old) remains under the [[Regent|regency]] of the two empresses in the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and in the [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Kingdom of Italy]].<ref>Reuter, Timothy (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 256. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref>
* [[Battle of Fýrisvellir]]: King [[Eric the Victorious]] defeats a Swedish [[Jomsvikings|Viking]] army under [[Styrbjörn the Strong]] (his nephew) near [[Uppsala]].
* [[July 6]] &ndash; The city of [[Barcelona]] is sacked by [[Moors|Moorish]] troops under [[Almanzor|Al-Mansur]], the ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of [[Al-Andalus]] (modern-day [[Spain]]).<ref name="french crusades">{{cite journal|last=Boissonade|first=B.|title=Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)|journal=Bulletin Hispanique|volume=36|issue=1|pages=5–28|url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/hispa_0007-4640_1934_num_36_1_2607|doi=10.3406/hispa.1934.2607|year=1934}}</ref>

==== England ====
* Lady [[Wulfrun]], an Anglo-Saxon [[Nobility|noblewoman]], is granted land by King [[Æthelred the Unready|Æthelred II]] ('''the Unready'''). She founds ''Heantune'' that later becomes the city of [[Wolverhampton]] in the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/wulfruna |title=Lady Wulfruna c. 935-1005, Founder of the City |publisher=Wolverhampton City Council |access-date=27 March 2013 |archive-date=April 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423210451/http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/people/local/wulfruna |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Raja Raja Chola I]] (considered by many{{who|date=April 2025}} as the greatest emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes ruler of the [[Chola dynasty|Chola Dynasty]]. During his reign he expands his domains beyond [[South India]].

=== By topic ===

==== Exploration ====
* [[Greenland]] is colonized by the [[Iceland]]ic Viking [[Erik the Red]] (according to [[legend]], but has been established as approximately correct – see [[History of Greenland]]).

==== Religion ====
* [[July 20]] &ndash; Anti-Pope [[Antipope Boniface VII|Boniface VII]] dies under suspicious circumstances at [[Rome]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope John XV|John XV]] as the 137th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
* [[Amalfi]]tan [[Benedictines]] found the only Latin Christian monastery on [[Mount Athos]] with the support of [[John the Iberian]]. The monastery will last until 1287.
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