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By place

Africa

• The Nile River in Egypt freezes over.

  Asia

• March 8 - Persian poet Ferdowsi finishes writing the Shahnameh, which will be regarded as the national epic of the greater Iranian culture.
• The Lý dynasty is established in Vietnam, and moves the capital to Thăng Long.
• Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War: The Goryeo king is unseated in a revolt, resulting in an invasion by the Liao dynasty, and the burning of the Korean capital Gaegyeong.
• Song Zhun of Song Dynasty China completes the work of the earlier geographer Lu Duosun, an enormous atlas of China that is written and illustrated in 1,556 chapters, showing maps of each region, city, town, and village.
• In the Chola dynasty, the first votes are celebrated by adding a ballot in an urn.

  Americas

• Viking explorer Þorfinnr "Karlsefni" Þórðarson attempts to found a settlement in North America.

  Europe

• The Russian city of Yaroslavl is founded as an outpost of the principality of Rostov Veliky.
• Hisham II the Nephast is restored as Umayyad caliph of the Caliphate of Córdoba, succeeding Muhammad II al-Mahdi.
• Allied to Muslim rebels, Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona sacks Córdoba.
• June 2 - The Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr takes place in the context of the Fitna of al-Andalus resulting in a defeat for the Caliphate of Córdoba.

  By topic

Art

• The construction of Brihadisvara Temple at Tamil Nadu is completed during the Chola dynasty.
• Rajaraja I and His Teacher, detail of a wall painting in the Brihadisvara Temple is made during the Chola dynasty, Early Medieval period.

  Literature

• Lady Murasaki writes The Tale of Genji in Japanese].
• Beowulf is written anonymously.

  Technology

• Eilmer of Malmesbury attempts flight in a glider of his own construction.