Events

By place

Europe

• The city of Satu Mare, Romania is founded.

• Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess.

• Battle of Cedynia: Polish duke Mieszko I defeats the Germans.

• Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I in Bohemia.

• The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt.

• Emperor John Tzimisces makes eastern Bulgaria a Byzantine dependency.

• A battle between Estonian and Icelandic Vikings in Saaremaa is described in Njál's saga.

• Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev.

Africa

• Buluggin ibn Ziri is appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, starting the Zirid Dynasty.

By topic

Religion

• Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope.

• Saint Eadburga is canonized.

Births

• March 27—King Robert II of France (d. 1031)

• Al-Mawardi

• Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (d. 1057)

• Fujiwara no Yukinari

• Fulk III of Anjou

• Pope Gregory V

• Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

• Renauld I, Count of Nevers

Deaths

• July 15—Boleslav I of Bohemia

• September 6—Pope John XIII

• Liutprand, bishop of Cremona and historian

• Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev

• Kuya, Japanese monk of Pure Land Buddhism (b. 903).