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== Events ==

=== By place ===

==== Japan ====
* [[17 May]] - [[Fujiwara no Michitaka]] (imperial regent) dies.
* [[3 June]]: [[Fujiwara no Michikane]] gains power and becomes Regent.
* [[10 June]]: [[Fujiwara no Michikane]] dies.
* [[30 August]] - Retainers of [[Fujiwara no Takaie|Takaie]] clash with retainers of [[Fujiwara no Michinaga|Michinaga]], on the main street of [[Kyoto]].
* [[4 September]] - [[Fujiwara no Michinaga|Michinaga]]’s escort, Hata no Hisatada, is killed by [[Fujiwara no Takaie|Takaie]]’s followers.
* [[15 October]] - [[Fujiwara no Michinaga|Michinaga]] becomes Chief of the Fujiwara Clan.

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Byzantine resurgence, 863–11th century|Arab–Byzantine War]]: Emperor [[Basil II]] launches a counter-campaign against the [[Fatimid Caliphate]]. He leads a Byzantine expeditionary army (13,000 men) to aid the [[Hamdanid dynasty|Hamdanid]] emir [[Sa'id al-Dawla]], and crosses [[Asia Minor]] in only sixteen days. Basil lifts the [[siege]] of [[Aleppo]], and takes over the [[Orontes River|Orontes]] Valley. He incorporates [[Syria]] into the [[Byzantine Empire]] (including the larger city of [[Antioch]]) which is the seat of its [[Patriarch of Antioch|eponymous Patriarch]].<ref>[[Read, Piers Paul]] (1999). ''The Templars''. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group. {{ISBN|0-297-84267-6}}.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* King [[Eric the Victorious|Eric VI]] ('''the Victorious''') dies at [[Gamla Uppsala|Uppsala]], after a 25-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [[Olof Skötkonung]], as the first [[Baptism|baptized]] Christian ruler of [[Sweden]].
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia|Boleslaus II]] ('''the Pious'''), duke of [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]], storms [[Libice nad Cidlinou|Libice]] Castle and massacres the members of the [[Slavník dynasty|Slavník Dynasty]].<ref name=boleII>{{cite web|title=Boleslaus II the Pious|url=http://www.kralovskacesta.cz/en/texts/rulers/boleslaus-ii-the-pious.html|publisher=www.kralovskacesta.cz|access-date=15 September 2012|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204441/http://www.kralovskacesta.cz/en/texts/rulers/boleslaus-ii-the-pious.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Olaf Tryggvason]] is crowned king of [[Norway]] (until [[AD 1000|1000]]) and builds the country's first [[Christianity|Christian]] church.
* [[Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill|Malachy]] captures [[Dublin]] for the third time.

==== Scotland ====
* King [[Kenneth II of Scotland|Kenneth II]] is murdered at a [[banquet]] by [[Lady Finella]] in [[Fettercairn]]. He is succeeded by his nephew [[Constantine III of Scotland|Constantine III]] (a son of the late King [[Cuilén]]) as ruler of [[Alba]] ([[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]).

==== England ====
* [[Uhtred the Bold|Uhtred]] ('''the Bold'''), a son of Ealdorman [[Waltheof of Bamburgh|Waltheof I]] of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]], establishes an [[episcopal see]] at [[Durham, England|Durham]] and moves the [[Monasticism|monastic]] community of [[Chester-le-Street]] there.

==== Asia ====
* [[Goryeo-Khitan War]]: Negotiations led by the Korean diplomat [[Sŏ Hŭi]] prevents a fullscale invasion of the [[Khitan people|Khitan]]-led [[Liao dynasty|Liao Dynasty]]. King [[Seongjong of Goryeo|Seongjong]] accepts Liao's demands – and agrees to end the [[alliance]] with the Chinese [[Song dynasty|Song Dynasty]]. [[Goryeo]] becomes a Liao tributary state, the Khitan army (60,000 men) withdraws while Seongjong orders the Korean border defenses strengthened.<ref>Twitchett, Denis; Tietze, Klaus-Peter (1994). ''The Cambridge History of China, Volume 6'', pp. 43–153. {{ISBN|0-521-24331-9}}.</ref>

==== Armenia ====
*[[995 Balu earthquake]]. It reportedly affected the Armenian areas of Balu, Cop'k (or Covk'), Palnatun (or Palin), and the districts of Hasteank and Xorjean. The areas affected were districts in what is currently the border area between [[Armenia]] and [[Turkey]].<ref name="Guidoboni">Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 126-127</ref>