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Events
By Place
Byzantine Empire
* George Tsul, ruler of
Khazaria , is captured by a combined Byzantine-Rus' force, which effectively ends Khazaria's existence.Europe
* Norman knights arrive in
Sicily .
*Edmund II is king ofEngland after Ethelred's death.
* Battle of Brentford:Edmund II gains a temporary victory overCanute the Great .
* Canute ofDenmark and Edmund II divideEngland .
*October 18 —Battle of Ashingdon : TheDanes underCanute the Great defeat the English under Edmund Ironside.
*November 30 - After Edmund's death, Canute is left as the sole ruler of England.
*Battle of Nesjar (Norway ):Olaf Haraldsson is victorious overSveinn Hakonarson .Asia
*
Emperor Go-Ichijō succeedsEmperor Sanjō on the throne ofJapan .
*Earthquake s partly destroy theDome of the Rock .Births
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26 July — DukeCasimir I of Poland (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel)
*Harold Harefoot (d.1040 )Deaths
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April 23 —Ethelred the Unready , King ofEngland
*November 30 —Edmund II , King of England
*Emperor Sanjō ofJapan
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