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 * For the number, see .

Europe

 * —  gives order to kill all  in, leading to the.
 * rises to power in, taking the title of High King.
 * succeeds Otto III as king of.
 * With a new group of s, an hits the   in.
 * is paid by to prevent  raids against.

Byzantine Empire

 * War breaks out between   and n.

Births

 * — (d. )
 * , Chinese poet of the (d. )

Deaths

 * —, emperor of the (b. )
 * —, of the  of
 * —, (b. )