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1007 CE

Ranking ceremony of Murasaki Shikibu – as a renowned writer and lady-in-waiting, tutor of Empress Shōshi, she is elevated to the highest position in the palace below the empress. King Henry II of Germany founds the Diocese of Bamberg during a synod held in Frankfurt. The Keraites, a Turco-Mongolian tribe, are converted to Nestorianism (a sect of Christianity).

Conflict & Security

  • King Æthelred the Unready pays the Danish Vikings a sum of 36,000 pounds of silver (Danegeld) to stop further invasions.source

Religion & Belief

  • November 1 – King Henry II of Germany founds the Diocese of Bamberg during a synod held in Frankfurt.source
  • The Keraites, a Turco-Mongolian tribe, are converted to Nestorianism (a sect of Christianity).source
  • Ælfheah of Canterbury travels to Rome to receive his pallium – symbol of his status as an archbishop – from Pope John XVIII.source

Crime & Justice

  • The Book of Kells is stolen from the Abbey of Kells.source

Culture & Society

  • January 1 (New Year’s Day) – Imperial Princess Shushi is granted the title Ippon Shinno (first rank princess).source
  • January 29 – Ranking ceremony of Murasaki Shikibu – as a renowned writer and lady-in-waiting, tutor of Empress Shōshi, she is elevated to the highest position in the palace below the empress.source
  • April – Imperial Prince Tomohira receives the title nihon (second rank prince).source

Births

  • Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and poet (d. 1072)source
  • Maitripada, Indian Buddhist philosopher (d. 1085)source
  • Hugh Magnus (Hugues le Grand), king of France (d. 1025)source
  • Emeric, Hungarian prince and co-heir (approximate date)source
  • Giselbert, count of Luxembourg (approximate date)source
  • Peter Damian, cardinal-bishop of Ostia (d. 1073)source
  • Welf III, duke of Carinthia (approximate date)source
  • Gervais de Château-du-Loir, French nobleman (d. 1067)source
  • Ibn Sidah, Andalusian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1066)source
  • Isaac I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • February 27 – Ælfwaru, English noblewomansource
  • March 20 – Abu Rakwa, Andalusian Umayyad princesource
  • July 21 – Gisela of Burgundy, duchess of Bavariasource
  • October 31 – Heriger, abbot of Lobbes (Belgium)source
  • Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, Persian poet (b. 969)source
  • Guo, empress of the Song Dynasty (b. 975)source
  • Sebastian, archbishop of Esztergomsource
  • Pelayo Rodríguez, count (comes) of Leónsource
  • Urraca Fernández, Galician queensource
  • Manjutakin, Fatimid general and governorsource
  • Maslama al-Majriti, Andalusian chemistsource
  • Attilanus, bishop of Zamora (Spain) (b. 937)source