Edmund "Ironsides," the English King, assassinated. See "[CANUTE BECOMES KING OF ENGLAND]," v, 164.
1017. Swatopolk, Grand Duke of Russia, defeated by his brother, Jaroslav, Prince of Novgorod, seeks an asylum in Poland.
All England acknowledges Canute as king. See "[CANUTE BECOMES KING OF ENGLAND]," v, 164.
1018. Complete destruction of the Bulgarian realm by the Eastern emperor Basil II.
Swatopolk finally expelled from Russia by Jaroslav, who becomes ruler.
1020. Death of Firdusi, a famous Persian poet.
1022. Guido Aretinus invents the staff, and is the first to adopt as names for the notes of the musical scale the initial syllables of the hemistichs of a hymn in honor of St. John the Baptist.
1024. Death of the emperor Henry II of Germany; the Franconian dynasty inaugurated by Conrad II.
1027. Conrad II crowned emperor at Rome; Canute of England and Rudolph of Burgundy attend the ceremony.
Schleswig is formally ceded to Denmark by Conrad II.