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Events

By Place

Byzantine Empire

• George Tsul, ruler of Khazaria, is captured by a combined Byzantine-Rus' force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence.

Europe

• Norman knights arrive in Sicily.
• Edmund II is king of England after Ethelred's death.
• Battle of Brentford: Edmund II gains a temporary victory over Canute the Great.
• Canute of Denmark and Edmund II divide England.
• October 18 — Battle of Ashingdon: The Danes under Canute the Great defeat the English under Edmund Ironside.
• November 30 - After Edmund's death, Canute is left as the sole ruler of England.
• Battle of Nesjar (Norway): Olaf Haraldsson is victorious over Sveinn Hakonarson.

Asia

• Emperor Go-Ichijō succeeds Emperor Sanjō on the throne of Japan.
• Earthquakes partly destroy the Dome of the Rock.

Births

• 26 July — Duke Casimir I of Poland (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel)
• Harold Harefoot (d. 1040)

Deaths

• April 23 — Ethelred the Unready, King of England
• November 30 — Edmund II, King of England
• Emperor Sanjō of Japan

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