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==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; A grand assembly at [[Melfi]], with all the Norman and Lombard nobles acclaim [[Guaimar IV of Salerno|Guaimar IV]], duke of [[County of Apulia and Calabria|Apulia and Calabria]]. The territories are divided into 12 fiefdoms and distributed among Norman chieftains. [[William Iron Arm]] is granted [[Ascoli Satriano|Ascoli]] as a private fiefdom and his brother [[Drogo of Hauteville]] is granted [[Venosa]]. Count [[rainulf Trincanocte|Rainulf II]] of [[Aversa]], not present at the assembly, receives [[Siponto]] and recognizes Guaimar's suzerainty.
* Grand Prince [[Yaroslav the Wise]] of [[Kyiv]] makes an agreement with Duke [[Casimir I the Restorer]] of [[Greater Poland|Poland]] that recognizes [[Chervyen]] as part of Kiev. The agreement is sealed with a double marriage – Casimir to [[Maria Dobroniega of Kiev|Maria Dobroniega]] (a daughter of [[Vladimir the Great]]), and Iziaslav to [[Gertrude of Poland|Gertrude]], Casimir's sister.<ref>Simon Franklin, Jonathan Shepard, ''The Emergence of Kievan Rus' 750–1200'', (Routledge, 2013), p. 253.</ref> 
* [[November 21]] &ndash; King [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]] ("the Black") marries [[Agnes of Poitou]] (daughter of [[William V, Duke of Aquitaine|William V of Aquitaine]]) at the [[Imperial Palace, Ingelheim|Imperial Palace]] at [[Ingelheim am Rhein]]. She is his second wife after the death of [[Gunhilda of Denmark|Gunhilda]] from [[malaria]] in [[1038]].