- 1019
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Events
By Place
Africa
* The Azdâji conquest puts an end to the
Kingdom of Nekor inMorocco .Asia
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Toi invasion :Jurchen pirates from the KhitanLiao Dynasty in Manchuria invadeKyūshū of Heian-era Japan.
* The last Goryeo-Khitan War ends.
* Japanese regent and statesmanFujiwara no Michinaga retires from public life, installing his son Yorimichi as regent. Michinaga, however, continues to direct affairs of state from his retirement, and remains the de facto ruler ofJapan until his death in1028 .Europe
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Moravia becomes part ofBohemia .
* Yaroslav the Wise becomes prince ofKievan Rus' , succeedingSviatopolk I .
* A treaty betweenSweden andNorway is conducted atKungälv .
*Saracens attack the French port ofNarbonne .Asia
* Mahmud founds the Great Mosque at
Ghazni , capital of theGhaznavid Empire.Births
*
Harthacanute , king ofEngland andDenmark (or 1018) (d.1042 )
*Sima Guang , Chinese historian and politician (d.1086 )
*Zeng Gong , Chinese historian and scholar (d.1083 )Deaths
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Sviatopolk I , prince of Kiev
* Ja'far al-Kalbi,Kalbid Emir ofSicily
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