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== Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Byzantine Empire ==== * Emperor [[Basil II]] uses his contingent of 6,000 [[Varangians]] to help him defeat [[Bardas Phokas the Younger|Bardas Phokas]] ('''the Younger'''), who suffers a seizure during the [[siege]] of [[Abydos (Hellespont)|Abydos]] (threatening to blockade the [[Dardanelles]]). Phokas dies, ending the revolt and threat to [[Constantinople]]. Upon Phokas' death, the other rebel leader [[Bardas Skleros]] (who is captured and [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|blinded]]) yields to Basil's superior forces. ==== Europe ==== * Summer – [[Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine|Charles]], Duke of [[Lower Lorraine]], captures the city of [[Reims]] by treachery of its new archbishop, [[Arnulf (archbishop of Reims)|Arnulf]] (the [[Legitimacy (family law)|illegitimate]] son of the late King [[Lothair of France|Lothair III]]). King [[Hugh Capet|Hugh I]] ('''Capet''') demands that Pope [[Pope John XV|John XV]] discipline Arnulf. But John XV, not wishing to defy Empress [[Theophanu]], refuses.<ref>Reuter, Timothy (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 390. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref> * Winter – Theophanu arrives with her son, King [[Otto III]] in [[Rome]] to meet John XV. [[Crescentius the Younger|Crescentius II]] ('''the Younger''') offers his submission to the [[Holy Roman Empire]], in return for which she confirms his title as [[Patrician (post-Roman Europe)|patrician]] of Rome. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[Charroux Abbey|Council of Charroux]]: French bishops under the [[patronage]] of [[William IV, Duke of Aquitaine|William IV]], duke of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]], declare the first [[Peace and Truce of God#Peace of God|Peace of God]] (or '''Pax Dei'''). This agreement grants immunity from violence to noncombatants (peasants and [[clergy]]) who can not defend themselves. ==== Art ==== * [[October 25]] – The [[Hagia Sophia]] at Constantinople is struck by a great [[earthquake]], causing the collapse of the western [[dome]] arch. Basil II asks the [[Armenians|Armenian]] architect [[Trdat the Architect|Trdat]], the creator of the [[Cathedral of Ani]], to direct the repairs.<ref>{{cite journal|author-link=Christina Maranci|last=Maranci|first=Christina|jstor=3592516|title=The Architect Trdat: Building Practices and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Byzantium and Armenia|journal=[[Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians]]|volume=62|issue=3|date=September 2003|pages=294β305|doi=10.2307/3592516|doi-access=free}}</ref> ==== Education ==== * [[Sankore Madrasah]], at this stage a mosque, is founded in Timbuktu (modern-day [[Mali]]). ==== Astronomy ==== * September – [[Halley's Comet]] is at [[Perihelion and aphelion|perihelion]]. </onlyinclude>
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