Events

• April 11 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium marries her chamberlain and elevates him to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael IV.
• Franche-Comté becomes subject to the Holy Roman Empire.

Births

• September 3 - Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (d. 1073)

Deaths

• April 11 - Romanus III, Eastern Roman Emperor (b. 968)
• November 25 - King Malcolm II of Scotland (killed in battle)
• Mieszko II of Poland (b. 990)