By place Europe • Summer –
Henry II (
the Wrangler) is restored as duke of
Bavaria by Empress
Theophanu and her mother-in-law
Adelaide at an
Hoftag assembly in
Rohr (
Thuringia). King
Otto III (5-years old) remains under the
regency of the two empresses in the
Holy Roman Empire and in the
Kingdom of Italy. •
Battle of Fýrisvellir: King
Eric the Victorious defeats a Swedish
Viking army under
Styrbjörn the Strong (his nephew) near
Uppsala. •
July 6 – The city of
Barcelona is sacked by
Moorish troops under
Al-Mansur, the
de facto ruler of
Al-Andalus (modern-day
Spain).
England • Lady
Wulfrun, an Anglo-Saxon
noblewoman, is granted land by King
Æthelred II (
the Unready). She founds
Heantune that later becomes the city of
Wolverhampton in the
West Midlands.
Asia •
Raja Raja Chola I (considered by many as the greatest emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes ruler of the
Chola Dynasty. During his reign he expands his domains beyond
South India.
By topic Exploration •
Greenland is colonized by the
Icelandic Viking
Erik the Red (according to
legend, but has been established as approximately correct – see
History of Greenland).
Religion •
July 20 – Anti-Pope
Boniface VII dies under suspicious circumstances at
Rome. He is succeeded by
John XV as the 137th
pope of the
Catholic Church. •
Amalfitan
Benedictines found the only Latin Christian monastery on
Mount Athos with the support of
John the Iberian. The monastery will last until 1287. == Births ==