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Events

• Canute the Great is acclaimed king of England.
• England is divided into the earldoms of Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria.
• Abd-ar-Rahman IV is Umayyad caliph, succeeding Suleiman II.
• Canute marries Emma of Normandy.

Births

• October 29 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)

Deaths

• Abd-ar-Rahman IV, Umayyad caliph