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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 Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo
 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
 The city of Satu Mare, Romania is founded

 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)

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