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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[Olaf II of Norway|Olaf Haraldsson]], future king of [[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Norway]], makes raids in the [[Baltic Sea]]. He lands on the [[Estonia]]n island of [[Saaremaa]], wins a battle there, and forces the inhabitants to pay [[tribute]]. 
* [[Battle at Herdaler]]: Olaf Haraldsson sails to the southern coast of [[Finland]] to plunder, where he and his men are [[ambush]]ed and defeated in the woods.
* The oldest known mention is made of the city of [[Gundelfingen]] (Southern [[Germany]]).
* [[Unification of the Georgian realm]].

==== England ====
* King [[Æthelred the Unready]] orders a new fleet of warships built, organised on a national scale. It is a huge undertaking, but is completed the following year.<ref>Stenton, F. M. (1971). ''Anglo-Saxon England'', pp. 381–384. The Oxford History of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press. {{ISBN|019-280-1392}}.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* Caliph [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]] sends a [[Tribute|tributary]] mission to [[Emperor Zhenzong]] of the [[Song dynasty]] in order to reestablish [[trade]] relations between the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] and [[China]] (approximate date).

==== Japan ====
* [[November 13]] &ndash; Kamo Special Festival: The poet [[Murasaki Shikibu]] is given her name from a famous court poet, Fujiwara no Kinto; this year she probably starts to write ''[[The Diary of Lady Murasaki]]''.
* 42nd Birthday of [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], father-in-law of the emperor, is celebrated.