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Europe

 * — recognizes  as King of
 * — : inflicts not only a decisive defeat on the n army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes   to die of shock, and earns Basil II the title 'Voulgaroktonos' (Bulgar-slayer).
 * Henry II of crowned  by  (ruled since )
 * Following the death of, returns to  and retakes the English crown.  returns to Denmark
 * ; Gaelic Irish forces under defeat several allied  forces in, ending their power there but killing Brian in the process
 * declared illegal in

Asia

 * In, , the teacher of the poet Ksemendra, circulates his Greater commentary on the Pratyabhijna Darshana.
 * recognises the Caliphate, beginning the split of the  from the.

Religion

 * The is used for the first time during the  after Henry II, the newly crowned, asked the  to add it together with the  clause. Prior to this date, the Creed was not used at all during the.
 * In England archbishop Wulfstan preaches his Latin homily, "Wulf's Address to the English"

Births

 * Princess Constance of, daughter of

Deaths

 * — Haraldsson Forkbeard, king of
 * —, high king of
 * —, of
 * Sigurd the Stout, Viking earl in the Orkneys
 * Sri, king of the Chola Empire of southern India and great temple builder of the