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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; The [[Republic of Pisa]] conducts a military offensive against the [[Saracens|Saracen]] strongholds in [[Southern Italy]]. The Pisan fleet sacks the city of [[Reggio Calabria]]. Pisa becomes one of the four commercial [[Maritime republics|Maritime Republics]] (the other three are [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]], [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] and [[Duchy of Amalfi|Amalfi]]), which fight each other for control of the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Benvenuti|first=Gino|title=Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia|year=1985|publisher=Newton & Compton Editori|location=Rome|isbn=88-8289-529-7|page=41}}</ref>

==== British Isles ====
* [[March 25]] &ndash; King [[Kenneth III of Scotland]] is killed in the battle of [[Monzievaird]] in [[Strathearn]]. He is succeeded by his cousin [[Malcolm II of Scotland|Malcolm II]] ("''Forranach'', the Destroyer", son of the late King [[Kenneth II of Scotland|Kenneth II]]) as ruler of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]].
* Summer &ndash; Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders under [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] continue to ravage the cities (mostly poorly defended) in southern [[England]]. A [[famine]] strikes Sweyn's army, which has to live off the land.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century|location=London|pages=47–48|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Ælfric of Abingdon]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]], leaves ships to the people of [[Wiltshire]] and [[Kent]] in his will, leaving the best, equipped for 60 men, to King [[Æthelred the Unready]].
* High King of Ireland [[Brian Boru]] makes a second expedition to the north, to take [[hostage]]s from the northern kingdoms. During this campaign he visits [[Armagh]] – making an offering of 20 ounces of [[gold]] to the church and confirming to the apostolic see of [[Saint Patrick]], ecclesiastical supremacy over the whole of [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Moody, T. W.| editor2=Martin, F. X.|year=1967|title=The Course of Irish History|publisher=Mercier Press|location=Cork|page=113}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[January 13]]&ndash;[[January 18|18]] &ndash; The [[Shanyuan Treaty]] is negotiated between the [[Liao dynasty]] and the [[Song dynasty]]. The Song government agrees to pay an annual [[tribute]] of 200,000 bolts of [[Noil|raw silk]] and 100,000 taels of [[silver]], ending the northern border clashes against Liao.
* [[May 13]] &ndash; The Japanese court permits [[Fujiwara no Korechika]] to enter the palace.
* [[Lê Trung Tông (Early Lê dynasty)|Lê Trung Tông]] succeeds his father [[Lê Hoàn]] as emperor of the [[early Lê dynasty]] (modern [[Vietnam]]), preceding anarchy and 8 months succession war with other princes. [[Lê Ngoạ Triều]] succeeds his brother Lê Trung Tông, killing him after just a 3 day reign.