History
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General
Population: 245 Million*
- Deaths: Sancho King of Leon
Asia
- Japan: Japanese Fujiwara family under Emperor Michinaga reaches zenith
Europe
- General: Otto I starts third expedition to Italy against Byzantines in Apulia
- England: Founding of Worcester Cathedral by St. Oswald
- German States: Otto grants Bremen the authority to hold markets
Otto's third expedition to Italy – his son Otto II crowned as future Emperor
- Poland: Poles under Mieczyslav converted to Christianity
- Spanish States: Death of Sancho I king of Leon
Ramiro III becomes king of Leon