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==== Asia ====
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Emperor Sanjō]] of Japan visits the home of influential statesman [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]].<ref name=Titsingh13/>
* [[December]] &ndash; Fujiwara no Masanobu, an officer of the guard of [[Fujiwara no Kenshi (994–1027)|empress consort Kenshi of Japan]], is killed by Fujiwara no Korekane and Michinaga orders the assassin imprisoned.<ref name=Titsingh13>{{cite book|authorlink=Isaac Titsingh|last=Titsingh|first=Isaac|year=1834|title=Nihon Odai Ichiran, ou Annales des empereurs du Japon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran|location=Paris|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society|oclc=5850691|page=155}}</ref>
* The ''[[Four Great Books of Song]]'', the [[Song dynasty]] Chinese encyclopedia ''[[Prime Tortoise of the Record Bureau]]'' which has been compiled since [[1005]], is completed in 1,000 volumes of 9.4 million written [[Chinese characters]].
* [[Kaifeng]], capital of China, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]] in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).{{sfn|Chandler|1989}}{{sfn|Rosenberg|2001}}