1012

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[edit] By Place

[edit] Europe

• Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which eventually ends in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.
• King Máel Coluim mac Cináeda of Alba reputedly defeats a Danish army at Cruden Bay in Buchan.
• Suleiman II is restored as Umayyad caliph of Cordoba, succeeding Hisham II.
• King Aethelred of England pays tribute to Viking raiders (Danegeld).
• Oldrich succeeds Jaromir as duke of Bohemia.

[edit] By Topic

[edit] Religion

• Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim orders the destruction of all Jewish and Christian places of worship.
• April 19 — Archbishop Alphege of Canterbury is murdered by his Danish captors.
• May 18 — Pope Benedict VIII succeeds Pope Sergius IV as the 143rd pope.
• Gregory VI becomes antipope.

[edit] Births

• Pope Benedict IX (approximate date)
• Marpa, Tibetan translator of holy texts (d. 1097)
• Cai Xiang Chinese Calligrapher (d. 1067)

[edit] Deaths

• April 19 — Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)
• May 12 — Pope Sergius IV
• Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine
• Ibn Faradi