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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[May 11]] &ndash; Emperor [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]] ('''the Wise''') dies after a 26-year reign, in which he has completed the Byzantine code of laws (''[[Basilika]]''). He is succeeded by his brother [[Alexander (Byzantine emperor)|Alexander III]] as emperor (''[[basileus]]'') alongside Leo's 6-year-old son [[Constantine VII]]. Alexander becomes ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]] and expels Empress [[Zoe Karbonopsina]], the mother of Constantine, from the palace and [[exile]]s her to a nunnery.<ref>Ostrogorsky (1969), p. 261.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* German dukes [[Henry the Fowler]] of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] and [[Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria|Arnulf I]] ('''the Bad''') of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] claim themselves to be sovereign princes, not recognizing the authority of their overlord, King [[Conrad I of Germany|Conrad I]] of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]], as he is not a [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]]. Duke [[Erchanger, Duke of Swabia|Erchanger II]] of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] and Conrad's brother, Duke [[Eberhard of Franconia|Eberhard III]] of [[Duchy of Franconia|Franconia]], support the [[Conradines]].
* [[Orso II Participazio]] becomes the [[doge of Venice]]. He sends his son [[Pietro II Candiano|Pietro]] to [[Constantinople]] in order to re-establish the relationship with Alexander III.
* King [[Ordoño II of Galicia]] continues his expansion of the [[Christianity|Christian]] polity. He sacks the cities of [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]] and [[Évora]].<ref name=picard2000>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=109}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* Lady [[Æthelflæd]] expands her policy by building defensive ''[[Burh|burghs]]'' at [[Shrewsbury]] and [[Bridgnorth]]. The fortifications are needed to protect [[Mercia]] against plundering [[Vikings]] from the [[Danelaw]] (Danish territory in [[Kingdom of England|England]]).<ref name="yorke123">Yorke. ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England'', p. 123.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Abd ar-Rahman III|Abd al-Rahman III]] succeeds his grandfather [[Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi|Abdullah ibn Muhammad]] (after his execution) and becomes [[emir]] of [[Caliphate of Córdoba|Córdoba]] ([[Al-Andalus]]).<ref name=rucquoi1993-87>{{cite book|last=Rucquoi|first=Adeline|title=Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique|year=1993|publisher=Seuil|location=Paris|isbn=2-02-012935-3|page=87}}</ref>
* The second rebellion in two years, of the [[Kutama]] tribesmen against the [[Fatimid Caliphate]], occurs.<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 39.</ref>

==== China ====
* [[July 18]] &ndash; Emperor [[Zhu Wen|Taizu]] ('''Zhu Wen''') is murdered in the imperial palace at [[Kaifeng]] by his eldest living son [[Zhu Yougui]] after a 5-year reign. He succeeds his father as the ruler of [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]].