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Europe
- King Olof Skötkonung of Sweden dies and is succeeded by Anund Jakob.
- Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, king of Mide and High King of Ireland, dies on 2 September.
Asia
- Al-Muizz ibn Badis begins to rule Ifriqiya in his own right.
- The Song Dynasty Chinese military has one million registered soldiers, an increase since the turn of the 11th century when the Song military only had nine hundred thousand soldiers.
By Topic
Religion
- Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury, is received at Rome.
- Several Catharists are killed in Toulouse.
- The Synod of Pavia issues decrees against non-celibate clergy and against simony.
- Robert II the Pious burns some canons of St. Croix in Orleans, for holding that the world is inherently evil.
Births
Deaths
- December 20 — Elvira Mendes, queen of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)
- Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden
- Emperor Zhenzong of China
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