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World History Timeline - 1020
An army sent by Byzantine Emperor Basil II invades Armenia. One year later, the Byzantine Empire annexes the Armenian Kingdom of Vaspurakan.
Europe suffers an epidemic of St. Vitus' dance (Sydenham's chorea), a neurological form of rheumatic fever that can cause involuntary movement.
The Synod of Pavia orders that all members of the higher clergy be celibate.
Hojo Temple, a Japanese Buddhist shrine, is finished.
Boleslav the Brave proclaims himself King of Poland, declaring his country independent of the Holy Roman Empire. Although he dies within a few months, Boleslav leaves behind a powerful country that acquired considerable territory.
Guido d'Arezzo, a Benedictine monk, introduces solmization, the practice of sol-faing (singing doh, ray, mi, fah, sol, lah, te), to music.
The Mayan Empire, centered in Yucatan and Central America, suffers an epidemic that marks the beginning of the empire's decline.
Canute conquers Norway and rules it-along with Denmark and England-until he dies in 1035.
The Byzantine Emperor Constantine VIII dies. His daughter, Zoe succeeds him to the throne, marries Romanus III Argyrolpolus and names him co-Emperor.
Eiga, a Japanese literary work that discusses 200 years (and 15 Emperors) of Japan's history, is written.
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