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Events

By Place

Europe

• Badìa Fiorentina, an abbey in Florence, Italy, is founded by Willa, Margravine of Tuscany.
• Ethelred II becomes king of England at age 10, following the assassination of his half-brother King Edward the Martyr.
• The revolt of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria against Otto II ends.

Asia

• The Wu-Yue State is forced to surrender to the Chinese Song Dynasty.
• One of the Four Great Books of Song, the Tàipíng guǎngjì is a Chinese encyclopedia documenting various stories of Chinese myths and subjects of theology. Divided into 500 volumes, it consists of over 3 million written Chinese characters.

Births

• Princess Zoe of Byzantium, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Novgorod and Kiev

Deaths

• March 18 — King Edward the Martyr of England, (by supporters of his half-brother)
• Abraham of Alexandria, Coptic pope
• Li Houzhu, last Chinese emperor of the Southern Tang (b. 936)af:978

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