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

==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; German boy-king [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] (4 years old) is seized by the deposed [[Henry II, Duke of Bavaria]] ("the Wrangler"), who has recovered his duchy and claims the [[Regent|regency]] as a member of the [[Ottonian dynasty|Ottonian Dynasty]]. But Henry is forced to hand over Otto to his mother, empress consort [[Theophanu]].<ref>Reuter, Timothy (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 256. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref>
* King [[Ramiro III of León]] loses his throne to [[Bermudo II of León|Bermudo II]] (the rival king of [[Kingdom of Galicia|Galicia]]), who also becomes ruler of the entire [[Kingdom of León]] (modern-day [[Spain]]).

==== Japan ====
* Fall &ndash; [[Emperor En'yū]] abdicates the throne in favor of his 16-year-old son [[Emperor Kazan|Kazan]] after a 15-year reign. En'yū retires and becomes a [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] priest.

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==== Technology ====
* [[Science and technology of the Song dynasty#Civil engineering|Qiao Weiyue]], a Chinese engineer, innovates the first known use of the double-gated canal [[Lock (water navigation)#Pound lock|pound lock]] during the [[Song dynasty]], for adjusting different water levels in segments of the [[Grand Canal (China)|Grand Canal]] in [[China]].

==== Religion ====
* [[August 20]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope John XIV|John XIV]] dies a prisoner in the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] at [[Rome]] after a 1-year reign, having either been murdered or [[Starvation|starved]] to death.<ref>Eleanor Shipley Duckett, ''Death and life in the Tenth Century'', (University of Michigan Press, 1967), p. 110.</ref>
* Anti-Pope [[Antipope Boniface VII|Boniface VII]] returns from [[Constantinople]] and gains support from the powerful Roman [[Crescentii]] family. He takes hold of the [[Throne#Papal Thrones|papal throne]].</onlyinclude>