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==Events==
===By Place===
====Europe====
* [[March]]/[[April]] — [[Pope John XV]] dies before being able to crown [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]], [[List of German Kings and Emperors|King of Germany]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. Otto resides in [[Pavia]] while waiting for the election of the next [[Pope]].
* [[May 21]] — Sixteen-year-old [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] is crowned [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by his cousin [[Pope Gregory V]].
* [[October 24]] — [[Hugh Capet of France|Hugh Capet]], [[King of France]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Robert II of France]].
* [[November 1]] — Emperor [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name ''[[Ostarrîchi]]'' ([[Austria]] in [[Old High German]]).
====Asia====
* [[Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah]], fifth [[Fatimid]] [[Caliph]] in [[History of Arab Egypt|Egypt]], dies and is succeeded by his son [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]].
* The [[Niujie Mosque]] is constructed in [[Beijing]].
===By Topic===
====Religion====
* [[May 3]] — [[Pope Gregory V]] succeeds [[Pope John XV]] as the 138th [[pope]]. He was 24-year-old Bruno of [[Carinthia (duchy)|Carinthia]], grandson of [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]] and first cousin of Otto III. He is the first [[Holy Roman Empire|German]] Pope.
==Births==
* [[Drogo of Mantes]], count of Valois and the Vexin
==Deaths==
* [[March]]/[[April]] — [[Pope John XV]]
* [[October 24]] — [[Hugh Capet of France|Hugh Capet]], [[King of France]] (b. [[938]])
* [[November 20]] — [[Richard I of Normandy]]
* [[Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah]], fifth [[Fatimid]] [[Caliph]] in [[History of Arab Egypt|Egypt]]
* [[Li Fang]], Chinese scholar and encyclopedist (born [[925]])
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