1004

[edit] Events

[edit] By Place

[edit] Asia

• December - The Samanid dynasty ends in Bokhara.
• The Liao Dynasty launches a major offensive against the Song Dynasty. They meet near Shanyang, north of the Song capital of Kaifeng.
• Battle of Shanzhou: The Liao Dynasty general Xiao Talin is picked off by an elite Song Chinese crossbow sniper.

[edit] Europe

• May 14 - Henry II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Pavia. A quarrel between his German companions and the Pavese erupts into a full-scale battle. Henry's war against Boleslav (1004-1018).
• Boleslaus I of Poland loses Bohemia after having become duke the previous year. He is succeeded as duke of Bohemia by Jaromir.
• Sancho III becomes king of Navarre.
• Sweyn I of Denmark destroys Norwich.
• Aberdeen becomes a bishopric.
• Arabs sack Pisa.
• Pope John XVIII (1004 - 1009).

[edit] Births

• Abdallah ibn Al-Aftas (approximate date) (d. 1060)
• Goda of England (d. 1055)

[edit] Deaths

• November 13 — Abbon of Fleury
• Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet
• Erik the Red (or 1003) (b. 950)
• Li Jiqian, Tangut jiedushi who ruled the new Western Xia Dynasty in northwestern China (born 963)