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

==== Europe ====
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of Nesjar]] (off the coast of Norway): [[Olaf II of Norway|Olaf Haraldsson]] is victorious over former co-regent [[Sweyn Haakonsson]], confirming his status as king of [[Norway]].
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Æthelred the Unready]], king of England, dies after a 38-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [[Edmund Ironside|Edmund II "Ironside"]].{{sfn|Williams|2005}}
* Summer &ndash; [[Battle of Brentford (1016)|Battle of Brentford]] (near [[London]]): Edmund Ironside defeats the [[Danes (Germanic tribe)|Danes]] under King [[Cnut the Great|Cnut]].{{sfn|Palmer|Palmer|1992}}
* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[Battle of Pontlevoy]]: French forces of [[Fulk III, Count of Anjou|Fulk III]] and [[Herbert I, Count of Maine|Herbert I]] defeat [[Odo II, Count of Blois|Odo II]] which determines the balance of power in the [[Loire Valley]].{{sfn|Bradbury|2004}}
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Battle of Assandun]]: Cnut defeats Edmund Ironside, leaving the latter as king of [[Wessex]].{{sfn|Williams|2005}}
* [[November 30]] &ndash; Edmund II dies and Cnut takes control of the whole of the [[Kingdom of England]].{{sfn|Williams|2005}}
* The [[Republic of Pisa|Pisan]] and the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] republics launch a naval offensive against the Muslim strongholds of [[Sardinia]], in particular [[Porto Torres]], and defeat the fleet of the [[taifa]] king of [[Dénia]], [[Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī]].{{sfn|Benvenuti|1985}}
* [[Melus of Bari]] makes a second attempt against Byzantine-held [[Southern Italy]]. To support his cause, he hires [[Normans|Norman]] mercenaries, unwittingly triggering the rise of [[Norman conquest of southern Italy|Norman rule over southern Italy]].{{sfn|Kleinhenz|2010}} 
* [[Georgius Tzul]], ruler of [[Khazaria]], is captured by a combined [[Byzantine Empire]]–[[Kievan Rus']] force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence.

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Fath al-Qal'i]], governor of the [[Citadel of Aleppo]], revolts against Emir [[Mansur ibn Lu'lu']], forcing him to flee. Fath accepts an agreement with [[Salih ibn Mirdas]] and takes control of [[Aleppo]].

==== Asia ====
* [[March 10]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Sanjō|Sanjō]] of Japan abdicates the [[throne]] after a 5-year reign. He is succeeded by his 7-year-old cousin [[Emperor Go-Ichijō|Go-Ichijō]] as the 68th emperor of Japan. [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]] is appointed regent.
* Japanese poet [[Koshikibu no Naishi]] (lady-in-waiting to Dowager Empress Shōshi) and her husband Fujiwara no Kiminari (son of Michinaga) have a son, but the couple is not accepted because of the social gap between them.<ref>{{citation|work=Mypaedia|title=Koshikibu no Naishi|year=2007|publisher=Hitachi Systems & Services}}.</ref></onlyinclude>