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[edit] Events

  • Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess.
  • Battle of Cedynia - Polish duke Mieszko I defeats Germans.
  • Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope.
  • Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I of Bohemia in Bohemia.
  • Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev.
  • Fatimids enter Egypt, establish the city of Cairo and the Al-Azhar mosque.
  • Buluggin ibn Ziri appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, start of the Zirid dynasty
  • The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt.
  • Saint Eadburga is canonized.
  • Emperor John Tzoimisces makes eastern Bulgaria a Byzantine subject

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