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=== By place === ==== Byzantine Empire ==== * [[April 11]] – Emperor [[Romanos III Argyros|Romanos III]] ('''Argyros''') is drowned in his bath, at the urging of his wife [[Zoë Porphyrogenita|Zoë]], who marries her [[Chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]], and elevates him to the throne of the [[Byzantine Empire]], as [[Michael IV the Paphlagonian|Michael IV]]. Romanos is buried in the [[Church of St. George of Samatya|Church of St. Mary Peribleptos]] in [[Constantinople]].<ref>Norwich, John (1991). ''Byzantium: the Apogee'', pp. 279–80. London: Penguin. {{ISBN|0-670-80252-2}}.</ref> ==== Europe ==== * Spring – Emperor [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] ('''the Elder''') leads a German military expedition via the [[Rhone|Rhone River]] into [[Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles|Burgundy]], while two Italian armies led by Archbishop [[Aribert (archbishop of Milan)|Aribert]] and [[Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany|Boniface III]] (margrave of [[Tuscany]]) head over the [[Alps]] and join with Count [[Humbert I, Count of Savoy|Humbert I]] at [[Great St Bernard Pass|Great St. Bernard Pass]]. * [[March]] – Conrad II converges his armies on [[Lake Geneva|Lake Lemano]] and defeats Count [[Odo II, Count of Blois|Odo II]] in battle at [[Geneva]] (modern [[Switzerland]]). For his assistance, Conrad grants Humbert I with the Burgundian [[county of Maurienne]]. * [[May]] – King [[Mieszko II Lambert|Mieszko II]] dies after a 6-year reign (probably killed as a result of a conspiracy) and is succeeded by his 17-year-old son [[Casimir I the Restorer|Casimir I]] ('''the Restorer'''). A violent revolt spreads throughout [[Greater Poland|Poland]]. * King [[Sancho III of Pamplona|Sancho III]] ('''the Great''') of [[Kingdom of Navarre|Pamplona]] captures [[León, Spain|León]], after defeating a string of rivals. His rule now extends from the borders of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] in the west to the [[County of Barcelona]] in the east. * Summer – Poland is broken up into regions (during the so-called [[Pagan reaction in Poland|Pagan Reaction]]). Queen [[Richeza of Lotharingia|Richeza]], Casimir I and his sisters [[Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary|Ryksa]] and [[Gertrude of Poland|Gertruda]] are driven into [[exile]] in [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]].<ref>Richard Brzezinski (1998). ''History of Poland: Old Poland, the Piast Dynasty'', p. 18. {{ISBN|83-7212-019-6}}.</ref> * [[November 25]] – King [[Malcolm II of Scotland|Malcolm II]] dies in battle at [[Glamis]]. He is succeeded by [[Duncan I of Scotland|Duncan I]], son of his eldest daughter, rather than [[Macbeth, King of Scotland|Macbeth]], who is possibly another grandson of his.<ref>''Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland'', Adam and Charles Black. Published 1861, Scotland.</ref> * In [[Al-Andalus]], benefiting from the weakening of the Muslim central authority, the count of [[County of Portugal|Portugal]], Gonçalo Maia, conquers [[Montemor-o-Velho]] (approximate date). * [[Franche-Comté]] becomes subject to the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. ==== Africa ==== * A [[Republic of Pisa|Pisa]]n and [[Genoa|Genovese]] fleet attack Bona (modern [[Annaba]]) on the [[Maghreb|Maghribi]] coast (modern [[Algeria]]). The city is occupied for one year.<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> </onlyinclude>
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