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==== British Isles ====
* [[March 25]] &ndash; King [[Kenneth III of Scotland]] is killed in the battle of [[Monzievaird]] in [[Strathearn]]. He is succeeded by his cousin [[Malcolm II of Scotland|Malcolm II]] ("''Forranach'', the Destroyer", son of the late King [[Kenneth II of Scotland|Kenneth II]]) as ruler of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]].
* Summer &ndash; Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders under [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] continue to ravage the cities (mostly poorly defended) in southern [[England]]. A [[famine]] strikes Sweyn's army, which has to live off the land.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century|location=London|pages=47–48|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Ælfric of Abingdon]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]], leaves ships to the people of [[Wiltshire]] and [[Kent]] in his will, leaving the best, equipped for 60 men, to King [[Æthelred the Unready]].
* High King of Ireland [[Brian Boru]] makes a second expedition to the north, to take [[hostage]]s from the northern kingdoms. During this campaign he visits [[Armagh]] – making an offering of 20 ounces of [[gold]] to the church and confirming to the apostolic see of [[Saint Patrick]], ecclesiastical supremacy over the whole of [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Moody, T. W.| editor2=Martin, F. X.|year=1967|title=The Course of Irish History|publisher=Mercier Press|location=Cork|page=113}}</ref>