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EVENTS

By Place

Europe

Canute The Great is acclaimed king of England .

England is divided into the earldoms of Wessex , Mercia , East Anglia and Northumbria .

Canute marries Emma Of Normandy .

Melus Of Bari rebels, supported by Norman mercenaries. He is victorious in three pitched battles against the Byzantines .

Asia

Abd-ar-Rahman IV is Umayyad caliph, succeeding Suleiman II .

Hamza Ibn-'Ali Ibn-Ahmad publicly declares Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim Bi-Amr Allah to be God, founding the Druze religion.

BIRTHS

October 29 — Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056 )

Zhou Dunyi — Neo-Confucian Philosopher in Song Dynasty China (d. 1073 )

DEATHS

Abd-ar-Rahman IV , Umayyad caliph

Elvira Of Castile (daughter Of García I) , Regent of Leon (b. 965 )