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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[October]] / [[November]] &ndash; [[Battle of Raban]]: The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] under [[John I Tzimiskes|John Tzimiskes]] defeat the [[Hamdanid dynasty|Hamdanid]] forces in northern [[Syria (region)|Syria]]. Emir [[Sayf al-Dawla]] is forced to retreat – many of his court companions and ''[[ghilman]]'' fall in pursuit, while over 1,700 of his [[Turk people|Turk]] cavalry are captured and paraded in the streets of [[Constantinople]].<ref>Shepard, Jonathan (2010). ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, Volume 3'', pp.151–152. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-533403-6}}.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* King [[Berengar II of Italy|Berengar II]] invades the [[March of Verona]], which is under control of the dukes of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]], and lay [[siege]] to Count [[Adalbert Atto of Canossa|Adalbert Atto]] at [[Canossa Castle]] (northern [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]]). Berengar sends a [[Lombardy|Lombard]] expeditionary force under his son [[Guy of Ivrea]] against [[Theobald II of Spoleto|Theobald II]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]]. He captures [[Spoleto]] and [[Camerino]].

==== Africa ====
* The [[Fatimid]] general [[Jawhar (general)|Abu al-Hasan Jawhar ibn Abd Allah]] takes [[Aïn Fekan|Ifgan]], the capital of the rebellious [[Khawarij|Kharijite]] [[Banu (Arabic)|Banu]] Ya'la tribe. In the following two years, Jawhar conquers most of the north of modern-day [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]]. In particular, he conquers the cities of [[Tangier]], [[Sijilmasa]] and [[Tlemcen]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 42.</ref>

==== Asia ====
* King [[Rajatarangini|Ksemagupta]] dies of a [[fever]] after a [[Hunting|hunting party]]. He is succeeded by his youngest son [[Rajatarangini|Abhimanyu II]]. Queen [[Didda]], the [[widow]] of Ksemagupta, becomes [[regent]] and the ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of [[Kashmir]] (modern [[India]]).
* Emperor [[Chai Rong]] of the [[Later Zhou]] invades the [[Northern Han]] and the [[Liao dynasty|Khitan Empire]] in the [[Sixteen Prefectures]] (northern [[China]]), but is defeated.
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