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Events

By place

Asia

 Wood carvers paid by China's Song Dynasty completed a carving of the entire Buddhist canon for printing (130,000 total blocks are made).
 The reign of Amir Adhad ad-Dowleh of Buwayhid ended.
 Sharaf ad-Dawla became Amir Buwayhid.
 The Khazar Empire ended.
 Emperor Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty led an expedition against the Zubu.
 One of the Four Great Books of Song, the encyclopedia Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era is finished in 1,000 volumes of 4.7 million written Chinese characters.

Europe

 Otto III became the King of Germany after Otto II died.
 Veronese donation during the diet of Verona. Otto gave the Rheingau to the archbishopric of Mainz.

By topic

Religion

 December – Pope John XIV becomes the 136th pope after Pope Benedict VII died.

Births

 Wulfnoth Cild
 Odo II, Count of Blois

Deaths

 'Adud al-Daula
 Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
 Pope Benedict VII
 Mu'ayyad al-Daula
 Patriarch Anthony III of Constantinople

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