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April 12 - Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia, deposes his brother Jaromír, who flees to Poland. Oldřich recognises the suzerainty of King Henry II, [Holy Roman Emperor|Henry II] of Germany over Bohemia. He secures his rule by suppressing the Vršovci insurgents.

April - King Æthelred the Unready resumes the payment of Danegeld in an attempt to buy off Viking raiders.

Summer - The climax of the Bedouin anti-Fatimid rebellion in Palestine is reached. Abu'l-Futuh al-Hasan ibn Ja'far is acclaimed as anti-Caliph with the title of al-Rashid bi-llah.

The Tepanec tribe settles on the western region of Lake Texcoco. The lineage starts when the Chichimeca chieftain Acolhua marries Cuetlaxochitzin, daughter of Xolotl, another Chichimeca chieftain.

February - Fujiwara no Kenshi, daughter of the powerful court official Fujiwara no Michinaga, is elevated to Empress Consort. The Emperor's first wife, Fujiwara no Seishi, is also elevated to Empress at the same time but Michinaga ensures that court officials do not attend her ceremony.
August 12 - Death of Ōe no Masahira, husband of poet and former palace lady-in-waiting Akazome Emon, who writes a number of mourning poems to him.
Fujiwara no Yorimichi, second son of Fujiwara no Michinaga, marries the daughter of Michinaga's enemy Fujiwara no Kintō, eventually reconciling the families. Another son of Michinaga, Fujiwara no Akinobu, causes scandal by becoming a priest without telling his parents, but they eventually accept his decision.

April 19 - Ælfheah, archbishop of Canterbury in England, is murdered by his Danish captors at Greenwich.
May 12 - Pope Sergius IV dies after a 3-year pontificate at Rome. He is succeeded by Benedict VIII as the 143rd pope of the Catholic Church.
Approximate date - Camaldolese order established by Romuald in Tuscany.