2 March:
Emperor Ichijo orders the imperial police to raid Korechika's residence;
Empress Teishi (sister of Korechika) cuts her hair because of the humiliation; Takaie is arrested, Korechika is absent.
5 March: Korechika returns with his head shaven and attired as a monk.
October 24 – King
Hugh I Capet dies in
Paris after a 9-year reign and is interred in the
Basilica of St. Denis. He is succeeded by his 24-year-old son
Robert II (the Pious) as king of
France. Robert tries (during his reign) to increase his power, by pressing his claim of
feudal lands that become vacant. This results in many
territorial disputes.
Revolt of Tyre: The citizens of
Tyre (modern
Lebanon) revolt against the Fatimid Caliphate. Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah sends a expeditionary army and navy to
blockade the city by land and sea.[2]
April 1 – Pope
John XV dies of fever after an 11-year reign. Meeting a Roman embassy at
Ravenna, Otto appoints his cousin Bruno of
Carinthia (a grandson of the late Emperor
Otto I), who duly ascends as
Gregory V. He becomes the 138th
pope – and the first German pope of the
Catholic Church.