Editing 1022 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Battle of Svindax]]: The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army under Emperor [[Basil II]] defeats the [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]ns at Svindax (modern [[Turkey]]). King [[George I of Georgia|George I]] is forced to negotiate a [[peace treaty]], ending the [[Byzantine–Georgian wars]].
* Summer &ndash; [[Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos]] conspires with the Byzantine general [[Nikephoros Xiphias]] against Basil II. The rebellion collapses and Xiphias assassinates Phokas.

==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; Emperor [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry II]] divides his army into three columns and descends through [[Rome]] onto [[Capua]] after the Lombard states of Southern Italy had switched their allegiance to the Byzantinians in the wake of the battle of Cannae four years earlier. The bulk of the expeditionary force (20,000 men) led by Henry, makes its way down the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]] coast.
* [[Pilgrim (archbishop of Cologne)|Pilgrim]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Cologne]], marches with his army down the [[Tyrrhenian Sea|Tyrrhenian]] coast to lay [[siege]] to Capua. The citizens open the gates and surrender the city to the imperial army.<ref>Norwich, John Julius (1967). ''The Normans in the South''. London: Longman, pp. 26–28.</ref>
* Pilgrim besieges the city of [[Salerno]] for forty days. Prince [[Guaimar III of Salerno|Guaimar III]] offers to give hostages – Pilgrim accepts the prince's son and co-prince [[Guaimar IV of Salerno|Guaimar IV]], and lifts the siege.<ref>Amatus, Dunbar & Loud (2004), p. 53. The young prince was sent to the papal court for safekeeping according to Amatus.</ref>
* Summer &ndash; Outbreak of the [[Plague (disease)|plague]] among the German troops forces Henry II to abandon his campaign in [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]]. He reimposes his suzerainty on the [[Lombards|Lombard]] principalities. 
* King [[Olof Skötkonung]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Anund Jacob|Anund Jakob]] as ruler of [[Sweden]]. He becomes the second [[Christianity|Christian]] king of the Swedish realm.

==== Africa ====
* The 14-year-old [[Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis]], with support of the [[Zirid dynasty|Zirid]] nobles, takes over the government and (as a minor) ascends to the throne in [[Ifriqiya]] (modern [[Tunisia]]).

==== Asia ====
* The Chinese military has one million registered soldiers during the [[Song dynasty|Song Dynasty]], an increase since the turn of the 11th century (approximate date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* After the [[Council of Orléans (1022)|Council of Orléans]], King [[Robert II of France]] burns thirteen [[Orléans heresy|heretics at Orléans]]. These are the first burning victims for [[heresy]].
* Pope [[Pope Benedict VIII|Benedict VIII]] convenes a synod at [[Pavia]]. He issues decrees to restrain [[simony]] and [[Incontinence (philosophy)|incontinence]] of the [[clergy]].<ref>Walker, Williston (1921). ''A History of the Christian Church''. Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 218.</ref>
* [[Æthelnoth (archbishop of Canterbury)|Æthelnoth]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]], travels to Rome to obtain the [[pallium]]. He is received by Benedict VIII.<ref>Ortenberg. ''Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy''. English Church and the Papacy, p. 49.</ref>
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