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Events

Khazrun ben Falful, from the Maghrawa family Banu Khazrun, begins ruling Tripoli, on the African continent.

March 17 – The Buddhist ruler of Butuan, in the Philippines (P’u-tuan in the Sung Dynasty records), Sari Bata Shaja, makes the first tributary mission to China.
The Tao/Tayk region is annexed by the Byzantines, as the Theme of Iberia.
Mahmud of Ghazni, Muslim leader of Ghazni, begins a series of raids into northern India, establishing the Ghaznavid Empire across most of today's Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Pakistan.
- November 27 – Battle of Peshawar: Jayapala suffers defeat from the Ghaznavid Empire.
In Vietnam during the Early Lê dynasty, a rebellion broke out in Cử Long in Thanh Hóa province against king Lê Đại Hành. Former emperor Đinh Phế Đế, who was a general under Đại Hành's reign, died in the battle while suppressing that rebellion.<ref>Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page. 72, Volume I, "Kỷ nhà Lê: Đại Hành Hoàng Đế."</ref>
Khmer King Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I, and/or Suryavarman I.
Construction begins on the Liaodi Pagoda, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history (completed in 1055).
Japan
- January 13 – Empress consort Fujiwara no Teishi dies in childbirth.
- November – The imperial palace is destroyed by fire.
- 70th birthday and longevity ceremony of Fujiwara no Bokushi (mother-in-law of Fujiwara no Michinaga, grandmother of Empress Shōshi).
- 40th birthday of Empress dowager Senshi (mother of Emperor Ichijō).

February 6 – After leading the revolt against Emperor Otto III and expelling the Crescentii, Gregory I, Count of Tusculum is named "Head of the Republic".
July 31 – Emperor Otto III confirms the possessions of Ulric Manfred II of Turin, and grants him privileges.
July – Sergius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
Byzantine Emperor Basil II attempts to reconquer Bulgaria.
Robert II, King of France, marries for the third time, with Constance Taillefer d'Arles.
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened at Aachen Cathedral.
The First Battle of Alton: Danish invaders defeat the English.
Battle of Pinhoe: Vikings defeat the Anglo-Saxons in Devon.
Bolesław I the Brave begins ruling parts of Slovakia.
Bryachislav of Polotsk begins ruling Polotsk.
Werner I, Bishop of Strasbourg begins ruling the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg.
Ermengol I, Count of Urgell makes his second voyage to Rome.
Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.
Ælfgar, bishop of Elmham, is consecrated.
Æthelred becomes bishop of Cornwall, but dies shortly afterwards.
The town of Lloret de Mar is founded in Catalonia.
The first reference is made to Khotyn, Ukrainian town,<ref name="kievantico">Template:Cite web</ref> and to Nyalka, Hungarian village, as to Chimudi.
Brian Boru attacks the Uí Néill in Ireland.

Vikings, led by Leif Erikson, establish small settlements in and around Vinland in North America (approximate date).

King Edward the Martyr of England is canonized.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest is established.
Oqropiri (Ioane I), Svimeon III and Melkisedek I are Catholicoi of Iberia within one year.
A tomb of Saint Ivo (possibly) is uncovered in Huntingdonshire, England.

January 13 – Fujiwara no Teishi, empress of Japan (b. 977)
January 22 – Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab, Uqaylid emir of Mosul<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 7 – Æthelstan, bishop of Elmham
December 21 – Hugh, margrave of Tuscany
Conrad, margrave of Ivrea
David III of Tao ("the Great"), Georgian prince
Đinh Phế Đế, Vietnamese emperor (b. 974)
Ermengarda de Vallespir, Spanish countess
Izyaslav, Kievan prince of Polotsk
Ja'far ibn al-Furat, Ikhshidid and Fatimid vizier (b. 921)
Jayapala, Indian ruler of the Hindu Shahis
Jayavarman V, emperor of the Khmer Empire
Wang Yucheng, Chinese official and poet (b. 954)
Ziri ibn Atiyya, emir of Morocco