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Calendar year
Emperor
Basil II
defeats the
Georgians
.
The year
1022
(
MXXII
) was a
common year starting on Monday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
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By place
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Byzantine Empire
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Europe
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- Spring – Emperor
Henry II
divides his army into three columns and descends through
Rome
onto
Capua
after the Lombard states of Southern Italy had switched their allegiance to the Byzantinians in the wake of the battle of Cannae four years earlier. The bulk of the expeditionary force (20,000 men) led by Henry, makes its way down the
Adriatic
coast.
- Pilgrim
, archbishop of
Cologne
, marches with his army down the
Tyrrhenian
coast to lay
siege
to Capua. The citizens open the gates and surrender the city to the imperial army.
[1]
- Pilgrim besieges the city of
Salerno
for forty days. Prince
Guaimar III
offers to give hostages ? Pilgrim accepts the prince's son and co-prince
Guaimar IV
, and lifts the siege.
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- Summer – Outbreak of the
plague
among the German troops forces Henry II to abandon his campaign in
Italy
. He reimposes his suzerainty on the
Lombard
principalities.
- King
Olof Skotkonung
dies and is succeeded by his son
Anund Jakob
as ruler of
Sweden
. He becomes the second
Christian
king of the Swedish realm.
Africa
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Asia
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- The Chinese military has one million registered soldiers during the
Song Dynasty
, an increase since the turn of the
11th century
(approximate date).
By topic
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Religion
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Births
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Deaths
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- March 12
–
Symeon the New Theologian
, Byzantine monk (b.
949
)
- March 23
–
Zhen Zong
, emperor of the
Song Dynasty
(b.
968
)
- March 30
–
Atenulf
, Italian nobleman and
Benedictine
abbot
- June 28
–
Notker III
, German Benedictine
monk
and writer
- July 23
–
Lei Yungong
, Chinese palace
eunuch
and adviser
- August 15
–
Nikephoros Phokas
, Byzantine aristocrat
- September 2
–
Mael Sechnaill II
,
High King of Ireland
- November 20
–
Bernward
, bishop of
Hildesheim
- December 2
–
Elvira Menendez
, queen of
Leon
- Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid
,
Twelver
Shia
theologian
- Arikesarin
, Indian ruler of the
Shilahara Dynasty
- Aziz al-Dawla
, Fatimid governor of
Aleppo
- Konstantin Dobrynich
, mayor of
Novgorod
- Moninho Viegas
, French
knight
(b.
950
)
- Olof Skotkonung
, king of
Sweden
- Rededya
, leader of the
Kassogians
- Sidi Mahrez
, Tunisian scholar (b.
951
)
References
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- ^
Norwich, John Julius (1967).
The Normans in the South
. London: Longman, pp. 26?28.
- ^
Amatus, Dunbar & Loud (2004), p. 53. The young prince was sent to the papal court for safekeeping according to Amatus.
- ^
Walker, Williston (1921).
A History of the Christian Church
. Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 218.
- ^
Ortenberg.
Anglo-Saxon Church and the Papacy
. English Church and the Papacy, p. 49.