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Events

By Place

Asia

• December - The Samanid dynasty ends in Bokhara.
• The Liao Dynasty launches a major offensive against the Song Dynasty. They meet near Shanyang, north of the Song capital of Kaifeng.
• Battle of Shanzhou: The Liao Dynasty general Xiao Talin is picked off by an elite Song Chinese crossbow sniper.

Europe

• May 14 - Henry II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Pavia. A quarrel between his German companions and the Pavese erupts into a full-scale battle.
• Boleslaus I of Poland loses Bohemia after having become duke the previous year. He is succeeded as duke of Bohemia by Jaromir.
• Sancho III becomes king of Navarre.
• Sweyn I of Denmark destroys Norwich.
• Aberdeen becomes a bishopric.

Births

• Abdallah ibn Al-Aftas (approximate date) (d. 1060)
• Goda of England (d. 1055)

Deaths

• November 13 — Abbon of Fleury
• Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet
• Erik the Red (or 1003) (b. 950)
• Li Jiqian, Tangut jiedushi who ruled the new Western Xia Dynasty in northwestern China (born 963)

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