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The death of Fujiwara Michinaga begins the decline of Fujiwara control in Japan, as other clans begin to usurp power in the countryside.
Canute the Great of England and Denmark becomes king of Norway.
After the death of Constantine VIII, his daughters Zoe and Theodora are named coempresses of the Byzantine Empire. Theodora lives in retirement until Zoe exiles her to a monastery, and Zoe rules the empire until 1050 with a succession of three husbands, the first of which is her father's handpicked successor, Romanus III (Argyropolus). During the early part of their reign, Zoe and Romanus allow the patriarch of Constantinople to persecute the Monophysties of Syria, engendering hatred for the Byzantines in the region and causing thousands of Syrians to flee to Muslim territory.
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