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Events 

 By place 

 Europe 
 The city of Yaroslavl is said to have been founded.
 Hisham II the Nephast is restored as Umayyad caliph of Córdoba, replacing Muhammad II al-Mahdi.
 Allied to Muslim rebels, the count of Barcelona robs and destroys Cordoba.

 Asia 
 The Lý Dynasty is started in Vietnam (or 1009) and moves the capital to Hanoi.
 Persian poet Ferdowsi finishes writing The Shahnameh (Book of Kings).
 The Goryeo king is unseated in a revolt, resulting in an invasion by the Liao Dynasty and the burning of the Korean capital Gaegyeong in the Second Goryeo-Khitan War.
 Song Zhun of Song Dynasty China completes the work of the earlier geographer Lu Duosun, a huge atlas of China that is written and illustrated in 1,556 chapters, showing maps of each region, city, town, and village. The atlas took 39 years to complete.

 Americas 
 Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America (approximate date).

 By topic 

 Art 
 The construction of Brihadeeswarar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, ends. Chola Dynasty, Early Medieval period.
 Rajaraja I and His Teacher, detail of a wall painting in the Brihadeeswarar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, is made. Chola Dynasty. Early Medieval period (approximate date).

 Literature 
 Lady Murasaki writes The Tale of Genji in Japanese (approximate date).
 Beowulf is written by an unknown writer (approximate date).

 Technology 
 Eilmer of Malmesbury attempts flight in a glider of his own construction.

 Births 
 May 30 – Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)
 June 2 – Benno, bishop of Meissen (d. 1106)
 King Bermudo III of León (d. 1037)
 Ali Ahmad Nasawi, (d. 1075)
 Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1041)
 Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg (d. 1088)
 Otto of Savoy (d. 1060)
 Adalbero of Würzburg, Bishop of Würzburg and Count of Lambach-Wels (d. 1090)

 Deaths 
 John Curcuas, Byzantine catepan of Italy
 Ælfric of Eynsham, English abbot
 Aimoin, French monk and chronicler

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