1028. Canute invades Norway; he conquers King Olaf and annexes his dominions. See "[CANUTE BECOMES KING OF ENGLAND]," v, 164.
1031. End of the Ommiad caliphate of Cordova; Spain divided by the Moorish chiefs into many states.
1033. Institution of the "Truce of God." A suspension of private feuds observed in England, France, Italy, and elsewhere. Such a truce provided that these feuds should cease on all the more important church festivals and fasts, from Thursday evening to Monday morning, during Lent, or similar occasions.
Castile created an independent kingdom by Sancho the Great, King of Navarre.
Conrad II extends his dominion over the Arletan territories.
1035. Death of King Canute; his sons, Hardicanute in Denmark, Harold in England, and Sweyn in Norway, succeed him. See "[CANUTE BECOMES KING OF ENGLAND]," v, 164.
Aragon created an independent kingdom.
1037. Avicenna, Arabian physician and scholar, dies. (Date uncertain.)
Harold becomes king of all England.
1039. Murder of King Duncan, of Scotland, by Macbeth, who succeeds.