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==== Asia ====
* [[Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni]], king of [[Kingdom of Vaspurakan|Vaspurakan]] ([[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Greater Armenia]]), surrenders his kingdom to the [[Byzantine Empire]]. In return, he receives [[Sebasteia (theme)|Sebasteia]] and becomes governor of [[Cappadocia (theme)|Cappadocia]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Hewsen | first = Robert H. | title = Armenia: A Historical Atlas | year = 2001 | publisher = [[The University of Chicago Press]] | isbn = 0-226-33228-4 | page = 126}}</ref>
*[[Battle of Shirimni]], the [[Byzantine Empire]] under [[Basil II]] defeats the [[Kingdom of Georgia]] under [[Giorgi I]] at Shirimni, at the Lake Palakazio, modern [[Lake Çıldır]], [[Turkey]]
* [[Hovhannes-Smbat III of Armenia|Hovhannes-Smbat III]], King of the Armenian kingdom of [[Ani]], is attacked by his younger brother [[Ashot IV]], and loses much power to him, becoming concurrent king of outlying territories.
* Emperor [[Rajendra Chola I]] extends his influence of the [[Chola dynasty|Chola Empire]] to the banks of the [[Ganges|Ganges River]] ([[North India]]) and invades [[Bengal]].
* Sultan [[Mahmud of Ghazni]] appoints [[Malik Ayaz]] to the throne, making [[Lahore]] (modern [[Pakistan]]) the capital of the [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid Empire]].
* The Chinese capital city of [[Kaifeng]] has some half a million residents by this year. Including all those present in the nine designated suburbs, the population is over a million people.