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==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Battle of Beroia]]: Emperor [[John II Komnenos]] transfers the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] field army from [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]] (where it has been engaged against the [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuk Turks]]) to the [[Balkans]]. The [[Pechenegs]] who have set up their camp (defended by a circular formation of wagons) near [[Stara Zagora|Beroia]] (modern [[Bulgaria]]) are defeated. John orders the [[Varangian Guard]] (some 480 men), the elite Palace Guard to hack their way through the Pecheneg circle of wagons, causing a general rout in their camp. Pecheneg survivors are taken captive and enlisted into the Byzantine army.<ref>Cinnamus, Ioannes (1976). ''Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus'', p. 16. New York, New York and West Sussex, United Kingdom: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-23-104080-8}}.</ref>