King
Stephen II of Hungary regains
Dalmatia from
Venice while the Venetians are on a naval expedition. Doge
Ordelafo Faliero dies in battle (near
Zadar) against the Hungarians. Faliero is succeeded by
Domenico Michiel, who reconquers more territory and agrees to a 5-year truce with Hungary.
The Crusaders led by King
Baldwin I of Jerusalem raid
Pelusium in
Egypt and burn the city to the ground. Baldwin marches back to
Palestine and strengthens the fortifications of the southern frontier.
Asia
King Mahaabarana Adeettiya (
Koimala) from the
Theemuge Dynasty becomes the first king to rule over the whole
Maldives. He reclaims the northern atolls from the
Indian invaders.
^G. Solinas (1981), Storia di Verona (Verona: Centro Rinascita), 244. The late eight- or early ninth-century Versus de Verona contains a now indispensable description of Verona's early medieval architecture, including Roman ruins.
^Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges, p. 391. Greenwood Publishing Group.
ISBN978-0-313-33538-9.