For the emergency number, see 999 (emergency telephone number).

Events

By place

Europe

• Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland.
• The Orsay commune is founded.

By topic

Religion

• April 2 — Pope Silvester II succeeds Pope Gregory V as the 212nd pope.
• Sigmundur Brestisson introduces Christianity in the Faroe Islands.
• Christianity is adopted in Iceland.

Births

• Bao Qingtian, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (d. 1062)

Deaths

• February 14 — Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia
• February 18 — Pope Gregory V
• December 16 — Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
• December - Elisabeth of Vendôme, wife of Fulk III of Anjou (aka Fulk the Black)
• Maredudd ab Owain, King of Gwynedd