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

==== Africa ====
* The [[Nile]] river in Egypt freezes over.{{sfn|Lamb|2012}}

==== Asia ====
* The [[Lý dynasty]] is established in [[Vietnam]] (or [[1009]]), and moves the capital to [[Thăng Long]] (modern-day [[Hanoi]]).
* [[Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War]]: The [[Goryeo]] king is unseated in a revolt, resulting in an invasion by the [[Liao dynasty]], and the burning of the Korean capital [[Gaegyeong]].
* [[Song Zhun]] of [[Song dynasty]] [[China]] completes the work of the earlier geographer Lu Duosun, an enormous [[atlas]] of China that is written and illustrated in 1,556 chapters, showing maps of each region, city, town, and village (the atlas took 39 years to complete).
* In the [[Chola dynasty]] of southern India, the first votes are celebrated by adding a ballot in an urn.

==== Japan ====
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Kenshi (daughter of Michinaga)]] is married to the imperial heir Crown Prince [[Emperor Sanjō|Okisada]].
* [[February 14]] &ndash; On the death of [[Fujiwara no Korechika]] his daughter, the poet [[Fujiwara no Chikako]], becomes a lady-in-waiting to Empress Shōshi.
* [[Emperor Ichijō]] wants to retire – the influential statesman [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]] supports Crown Prince [[Emperor Sanjō|Okisada]] (now his son-in-law), who will be the successor, but the emperor prefers his eldest son by the late Empress [[Fujiwara no Teishi|Teishi]], Prince Atsuyasu, who has been raised by [[Empress Shōshi]], who also supports her stepson, leading to conflict at court.

==== American ====
* [[Viking]] explorer [[Thorfinn Karlsefni]] attempts to found a settlement in [[North America]] (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Fitna of al-Andalus]] &ndash; [[Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr]]: The [[Caliphate of Córdoba]] is defeated.   Allied to Muslim rebels, [[Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona]] sacks Córdoba,{{sfn|Boissonade|1934}} and [[Hisham II]] ''the Nephast'' is restored as [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph of Córdoba, succeeding [[Muhammad II of Córdoba|Muhammad II al-Mahdi]].
* The Russian city of [[Yaroslavl]] is founded, as an outpost of the [[principality]] of [[Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast|Rostov Veliky]].

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* The construction of [[Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur|Brihadisvara Temple]] in [[Thanjavur]] (a city now in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]) is completed during the [[Chola dynasty]], and at about this time the wall painting ''Rajaraja I and His Teacher''

==== Literature ====
* [[March 8]] &ndash; Persian poet [[Ferdowsi]] finishes writing the ''[[Shahnameh]]'' (Book of Kings), which will be regarded as the [[national epic]] of the [[greater Iran]]ian culture.
* [[Lady Murasaki]] writes ''[[The Tale of Genji]]'' in Japanese (approximate date).
* ''[[Beowulf]]'' is written anonymously in [[Old English]] (approximate date).

==== Technology ====
* [[Eilmer of Malmesbury]] in England attempts flight in a [[Glider (aircraft)|glider]] of his own construction.
* The 217 ft (66 m) tall [[Brihadisvara Temple]] is completed.</onlyinclude>