By place Byzantine Empire •
Arab–Byzantine War:
Hamdanid forces under
Sayf al-Dawla raid into
Asia Minor. The
Byzantines respond with reprisals led by
Leo Phokas the Younger, taking captives and razing the walls of
Hadath (modern
Turkey).
Europe • Two
Hungarian armies invade
Bavaria and
Carinthia. One of them is defeated at
Flozzun in the
Nordgau by
Henry I, duke of Bavaria. • King
Otto I appoints his son
Liudolf as duke of
Swabia, consolidating
Ottonian dominance in
Southern Germany. •
Sunifred II of Urgell dies without descendants and is succeeded by his nephew
Borrell II, count of
Barcelona.
England • King
Eadred ravages
Northumbria and burns down
St. Wilfrid's church at
Ripon. On his way home, he sustains heavy losses at
Castleford. Eadred manages to check his rivals, and the Northumbrians are forced to pay him compensation. •
St. Albans School is founded in Hertfordshire.
Africa • Spring –
Fatimid forces under
al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi suppress the rebellion in
Palermo and swiftly seize the island. Caliph
al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah appoints Ali al-Kalbi as emir of
Sicily, beginning the rule of the
Kalbid dynasty. • The
Kingdom of Nri (modern
Nigeria) is founded by the priest-king
Eri (until
1041).
China •
February 12 – King
Qian Hongzong is deposed by general
Hu Jinsi during a coup. He establishes his younger brother
Qian Chu as ruler of
Wuyue.
By topic Literature •
Minamoto no Kintada, a Japanese official and
waka poet, dies. He is a respected nobleman at the
imperial court and a member of the
Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
Religion • Otto I establishes the missionary dioceses of
Brandenburg and
Havelberg in the territory of the
Marca Geronis (
Saxon Eastern March). • The
Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of the most significant
Hindu temples in the
Jaffna District (modern
Sri Lanka), is built. •
St Albans School in
Hertfordshire is founded by
Wulsin, an
abbot of
St Alban's Abbey,
England. == Births ==