By place Europe • Spring –
Nikephoros Dokeianos, Byzantine governor of the
Catepanate of Italy, is murdered by Lombard rebels at
Ascoli. He is replaced by
Michael Dokeianos, who arrives in November with a
Varangian army. •
August 22–
23 –
Battle at Brůdek: Duke
Bretislav I of
Bohemia defeats the German forces under King
Henry III ("the Black") in the
Bohemian Forest. •
Peter Delyan leads a rebellion against the
Byzantine Empire and is proclaimed by the Bulgarian nobles as emperor (
tsar) Peter II in
Belgrade. • The
Emirate of Sicily is divided and fragmented into small fiefdoms. The Arab nobles of
Palermo restore the regime of the
Kalbids (approximate date).
Britain •
March 17 – King
Harold Harefoot dies at
Oxford at the age of 24. His illegitimate son
Ælfwine Haroldsson is left in the care of his grandmother,
Ælfgifu of Northampton. •
June 17 –
Harthacnut lands at
Sandwich and reclaims the throne of
England which had been taken by Harald Harefoot in
1035. •
August 14 – King
Duncan is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival
Macbeth, who succeeds him as king of
Scotland.
Islamic world •
May 23 –
Battle of Dandanaqan: The Turkmen
Seljuqs defeat the
Ghaznavid forces (50,000 men) led by Sultan
Mas'ud I at Dandanaqan, a fortress city in the desert near
Merv. Ghaznavid commanders
Ali Daya and
Begtoghdi are blamed for the defeat and executed.
By topic Religion •
Weihenstephan Abbey (
Kloster Weihenstephan) in
Germany, founds the oldest operating
brewery. • The
Shalu Monastery is founded by the
Buddhist monk
Chetsun Sherab Jungnay in
Tibet. == Births ==