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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia|Boleslaus III]] is restored to authority with armed support from Duke [[Bolesław I the Brave|Bolesław I]] ('''the Brave''') of [[Greater Poland|Poland]]. The following months, Boleslaus' brothers [[Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia|Jaromír]] and [[Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia|Oldřich]] flee to [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] and place themselves under the protection of King [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry II]], while Boleslaus orders the massacre of his Bohemian leading nobles at [[Vyšehrad]].
* [[German–Polish War (1002–18)|German–Polish War]]: Bolesław I annexes [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]] and parts of [[History of Moravia|Moravia]] (modern [[Slovakia]]). German nobles under [[Henry of Schweinfurt]] revolt against Henry II (who has been promised the [[Duchy of Bavaria]]).
* Count [[Abbot Oliba|Oliba]] ('''Taillefer''') [[Ripoll]]. Oliba takes up the [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] habit at the [[Santa Maria de Ripoll|Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll]].
* King [[Robert II of France|Robert II]] ('''the Pious''') invades [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]], but fails. After this fiasco Robert repudiates his second wife, [[Bertha of Burgundy]], and marries [[Constance of Arles]] who becomes queen consort of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]].
* King [[Rudolph III of Burgundy]] invests [[Humbert I, Count of Savoy|Humbert I]] ('''the White-Handed''') with the domains of the [[Duchy of Aosta]]. He becomes the first count of the [[House of Savoy]].
* King [[Stephen I of Hungary]] invades [[Transylvania]] (modern [[Romania]]) and establishes the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia|Diocese of Transylvania]] (approximate date).
* [[Battle of Albesa]]: Muslim forces of the [[Caliphate of Cordoba]] defeat the northern Christian armies of [[Kingdom of León|León]], [[Kingdom of Navarre|Pamplona]] and [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]].<ref name="french crusades">{{cite journal|last=Boissonade|first=B.|title=Les premières croisades françaises en Espagne. Normands, Gascons, Aquitains et Bourguignons (1018-1032)|journal=Bulletin Hispanique|date=1934 |volume=36|issue=1|pages=5–28|url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/hispa_0007-4640_1934_num_36_1_2607|doi=10.3406/hispa.1934.2607}}</ref>

==== England ====
* King [[Sweyn Forkbeard|Sweyn I]] ('''Forkbeard''') lands with a Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] fleet in [[East Anglia]], ravaging the countryside. [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]] surrenders to him (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Shengzong of Liao|Sheng Zong]] of the [[Khitan people|Khitan]]-led [[Liao dynasty|Liao Dynasty]] leads an expedition into [[Mongolia]] and subdues the [[Zubu]] tribe who are forced to pay an annual [[tribute]].

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* Construction of the [[Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur|Brihadisvara Temple]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] (modern [[India]]), during the [[Chola Dynasty]] ([[Early Middle Ages|Early Medieval period]]).

==== Religion ====
* [[May 12]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope Sylvester II|Sylvester II]] dies after a 4-year [[pontificate]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope John XVII|John XVII]] as the 140th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
* [[November 6]] &ndash; John XVII dies after a pontificate of about 7 months and is buried in the [[Archbasilica of St. John Lateran|Lateran Basilica]] at [[Rome]].
* [[Heribert of Cologne|Heribert]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Cologne]], founds [[Deutz Abbey]] at [[Deutz, Cologne|Deutz]] (Germany).
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