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1020 CE

Byzantine troops under Catepan Basil Boioannes (supported by his ally Prince Pandulf IV) capture the fortress of Troia. King Canute the Great codifies the laws of England (approximate date). The French city of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is founded by King Robert II (the Pious).

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • King Canute the Great codifies the laws of England (approximate date).source

Conflict & Security

  • June 15 – Byzantine troops under Catepan Basil Boioannes (supported by his ally Prince Pandulf IV) capture the fortress of Troia.source
  • Summer – Emperor Henry II conducts his third Italian military campaign. He makes plans to invade the south, but remains non-committal.source
  • King Gagik I of Armenia is succeeded by Hovhannes-Smbat III.source

Religion & Belief

  • The French city of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is founded by King Robert II (the Pious).source

Births

  • Stephen IX, pope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)source
  • Su Song, Chinese statesman and scientist (d. 1101)source
  • Otto of Nordheim, duke of Bavaria (approximate date)source
  • Zhang Zai, Chinese philosopher and cosmologist (d. 1077)source
  • Conrad I (or Cuno), duke of Bavaria (approximate date)source
  • Almodis de la Marche, French noblewoman (d. 1071)source
  • William of Poitiers, French priest and writer (d. 1090)source
  • Guo Xi, Chinese landscape painter (approximate date)source
  • Bernard of Menthon, French priest and saint (d. 1081)source
  • Wulfhild of Norway, duchess consort of Saxony (d. 1071)source
  • William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (approximate date)source
  • Beatrice of Bar, French duchess and regent (d. 1076)source
  • William Busac, English nobleman (jure uxoris) (d. 1076)source
  • William I (the Great), count of Burgundy (d. 1087)source

Deaths

  • June 12 – Lyfing, archbishop of Canterburysource
  • June 15 – Dattus (or Datto), Lombard rebel leadersource
  • August 16 – Zhou Huaizheng, Chinese eunuchsource
  • Leif Ericson, Norse Viking explorer (approximate date)source
  • Bernard I (Taillefer), Spanish noblemansource
  • Ferdowsi, Persian poet and author (b. 940)source
  • Gagik I, king of Bagratid Armenia (approximate date)source
  • Gojslav, king of Croatia (approximate date)source
  • Radim Gaudentius, Polish archbishop (b. 970)source
  • Al-Sijzi, Persian mathematician (approximate date)source
  • Al-Mu'ayyad Ahmad, Muslim imam (b. 944)source
  • Bouchard II (the Bearded), French nobleman (b. 975)source
  • Trdat the Architect, Armenian chief architectsource
  • Einar Sigurdsson, Norse Viking noblemansource