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EVENTS
By Place
Europe
Otto II
marries
Theophanu
,
Byzantine
princess.
Battle Of Cedynia
— Polish duke
Mieszko I
defeats
German
s.
Boleslaus II The Pious
succeeds
Boleslav I Of Bohemia
in
Bohemia
.
The monastery at the site of
Peterborough Cathedral
is rebuilt.
Emperor
John Tzimisces
makes eastern
Bulgaria
a
Byzantine
dependency.
A battle between
Estonian
and
Icelandic
vikings in
Saaremaa
described in
Njál's Saga
.
Asia
Yaropolk Of Kiev
succeeds
Sviatoslav I
in
Kiev
.
Africa
Fatimid
s enter
Egypt
, establish the city of
Cairo
and the
Al-Azhar Mosque
.
Buluggin Ibn Ziri
appointed viceroy in
Ifriqiya
, start of the
Zirid
dynasty
By Topic
Religion
Pope Benedict VI
succeeds
Pope John XIII
as pope.
Saint Eadburga
is canonized.
BIRTHS
March 27
— King
Robert II Of France
(d.
1031
)
Al-Mawardi
Ermesinde Of Carcassonne
, countess and regent of Barcelona (d.
1057
)
Fujiwara No Yukinari
Fulk III Of Anjou
Pope Gregory V
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Renauld I, Count Of Nevers
DEATHS
July 15
—
Boleslav I Of Bohemia
September 6
—
Pope John XIII
Liutprand
, bishop of Cremona and historian
Sviatoslav I, Prince Of Kiev
