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All Events
Toltecs move into the valley of Mexico from the north and establish a capital city at Tula
Leon forms a loose alliance with its southern neighbour, Castile, to become the most powerful unit in northern Spain
Medieval Europe's first institute of higher education is established, with the founding of the medical school at Salerno
So many Slavs are captured and sold, in the movement eastwards of the Germans, that their name becomes the European word for a slave
The material of the Eddas, taking shape in Iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgundy
The Byzantine empire enjoys a revival, bringing the Slavs within the Greek Orthodox fold and winning victories against the Muslims
A fair-skinned and bearded king, by the name of Quetzalcoatl, is exiled from Tula but says that he will be back in a 'One Reed' year.
A warlord, Zhao Kuangyin, establishes a new Chinese dynasty - the Song
Harald Bluetooth is baptized a Christian and unites the whole of Denmark as a single kingdom.
The imperial coronation of Otto I by Pope John XII in St Peter's puts in place the formal role of a Holy Roman emperor
The Poles are first recorded as a tribal group when a German knight comes into contact with them in the region round Gniezno
Mieszko, pagan chieftain of the Poles, marries a Christian Czech princess and brings all his people into the Roman Catholic fold
The Fatimids establish a new capital city on the Nile, calling it Al Kahira ('the victorious'), which becomes reduced to Cairo
The Hungarian king Gezá and his family are baptized as Roman Catholics, beginning a long link between Hungary and Rome
Brian Boru becomes king of Munster and leader of the Irish campaign against the Vikings
Leopold, of the Babenberg family, becomes margrave of Austria and founds a dynasty which lasts for three centuries
Eric Thorvaldsson, or Eric the Red, sails to Greenland when he is exiled from Iceland
The Khitan, a tribe from eastern Mongolia, fortify Beijing and make it their capital city
The Mayan city of Chichén Itzá is captured by the Toltecs
Hugh Capet, a Frankish noble elected king of west Francia, establishes the royal dynasty of France.
Hugh Capet is the first in an unbroken line of twelve generations on the throne of France
Vladimir, the prince of Kiev, decides that Greek Orthodoxy is the most suitable religion for the Russian people
New waves of Danes, raiding into the English territory of Danelaw, are bought off by Ethelred with Danegeld
Sei Shonagon, a lady-in-waiting to the Japanese empress, records her thoughts and impressions in her Pillow Book
Mahmud, a Turk, builds an empire based on Ghazni (in modern Afghanistan)
