| | PH : | The Emperor Henry II defeats the Greeks in southern Italy | | RP : | Synod of Pavia insists on celibacy of higher clergy |
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| | PH : | Henry II dies; succeeded as Ger. king of Conrad II, the Salic, first of Franconian line | | RP : | Pope John XIX |
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| | PH : | Boleslav I accepts title King of Poland | | PH : | Beginning of decline of Byzantine power | | VA : | Takayoshi founds Tosa school of painting |
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| | M : | Guido d'Arezzo introduces solmisation in music (do, re, me, fa, sol, la) |
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| | RP : | Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor at Rome |
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| | PH : | Canute conquers Norway | | PH : | Romanus III, Byzantine Emperor | | PH : | Sancho of Navarre takes Castile |
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| | DL : | Jaroslav of Kiev founds Dorpat | | DL : | Vienna mentioned for the first time in documents (Wien) |
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| | PH : | Henry I, King of France | | PH : | Pol.-Hung. frontier treaty | | PH : | The caliphate of Cordoba abolished |
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| | PH : | Rudolph III of Burgundy dies, and Conrad unites Burgundy with the Empire | | RP : | Pope Benedict IX |
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| | PH : | The Germans and Russians defeat Mieczyslav II of Poland, which becomes fief of the Empire | | PH : | Castile becomes a separate kingdom |
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| | PH : | Malcom II of Scotland dies; succeeded by his grandson Duncan | | PH : | Bratislav, Duke of Bohemia | | PH : | Michael IV, the Paphlagonian, Byzantine Emperor |
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| | PH : | Canute dies, his kingdom is divided among his three sons: England to Harold, Norway to Sweyn, and Denmark to Hardicanute GO ! | | PH : | Ferdinand I of Castile |
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| | DL : | Conrad II issues the Constitutio de feudis, which makes fiefs of small holders hereditary in Italy |
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| | PH : | After the death of Stephen of Hungary, Abo usurps the throne, and Peter, the legal heir, flees to Germany | | RP : | Founding of the Order of Vallombrosa |
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| | PH : | Conrad II dies; succeeded by Henry III |
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| | PH : | Duncan of Scotland murdered by Macbeth, who becomes king | | PH : | Harold dies; succeeded by Hardicanute GO ! | | PH : | "Truce of God" proclaimed in Aquitaine | | ST : | Petrocellus: Practica important medical work of the school of Salerno |
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| | PH : | Siward murders Eardwulf and becomes sole ruler of Northumbria |
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| | PH : | Hardicanute dies; succeeded by Ethelred's son Edward the Confessor GO ! | | PH : | Magnus, King of Denmark | | PH : | Constantine IX Monomachus, Byzantine Emperor | | PH : | Rise of the Seljuk Turks |
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| | RP : | Pope Gregory VI, the papacy being sold by the deposed Pope Benedict IX | | DL : | Copenhagen first mentioned |
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| | PH : | King Peter returns to Hungary and does homage to Henry III |
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| | PH : | Henry III crowned emperor in Rome | | RP : | Both popes dethroned; Synod of Rome elects Pope Clement II, a Saxon |
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| | PH : | Sweyn Estrithson, King of Denmark | | PH : | Harald Hardrada, King of Norway | | PH : | Henry III reestablishes the duchies of Carinthia, Bavaria, and Swabia | | PH : | Andrew I, King of Hungary | | RP : | Pope Benedict IX |
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| | RP : | Pope Leo IX, a German |
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| | PH : | Egypt collapses under military dictatorship | | PH : | Normans penetrate into England | | LT : | The Mabinogion, collection of Welsh tales | | ED : | Ssu-ma-Kuang: History of China from 500 b.c. to a.d.1000 | | RP : | The oldest Russ. monasteries, in Kiev | | M : | Polyphonic singing replaces Gregorian chant | | M : | Sys willekommen heirre kerst, first Ger. Christmas carol | | M : | The harp arrives in Europe | | M : | Time values given to musical notes | | ST : | Geographer Adam of Bremen believes the Baltic Sea to be an ocean open to the east | | ST : | Important astronomic instruments (astrolabes) arrive in Europe from Eastern countries | | DL : | Earliest references to Nuremberg, Oslo, Delhi, and Timbuctu | | DL : | Eng. monks excel in embroidery |
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| | PH : | Rebellion of Conrad, Duke of Bavaria | | PH : | Return of Earl Godwin |
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| | PH : | The Norman Robert Guiscard conquers southern Italy and founds Norman empire there | | DL : | Danegeld abolished | | PH : | Henry IV, son of Henry III, elected and crowned Holy Roman Emperor | | PH : | Harold succeeds his father Godwin as Earl of Wessex |
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| | PH : | Jaroslav of Kiev dies; followed by decline of his empire | | PH : | Poland recaptures Silesia from Bohemia | | RP : | The papal chair remains empty for one year | | RP : | Cleavage between Roman and Eastern Churches becomes permanent | | DL : | Expansion of commercial relations between Italy and Egypt |
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| | PH : | Siward of Northumbria dies; succeeded by Tostig, son of Godwin | | PH : | Spitigniev II of Bohemia | | RP : | Pope Victor II, a Bavarian |
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| | PH : | Henry III dies; succeeded by Henry IV, till 1065 under the guardianship of Empress Agnes | | PH : | Michael VI, eastern Emperor | | PH : | Beginning of the democratic Pataria movement in Milan |
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| | PH : | Macbeth murdered by Malcom; succeeded by his stepson Lulach | | PH : | Leofric of Mercia dies; succeeded by Alfgar | | PH : | Isaac Comnenus, Eastern emperor | | RP : | Pope Stephen X | | RP : | Ostronomic Gospel written in Novgorod |
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| | PH : | Malcom slays Lulach and becomes King of Scotland | | PH : | Boleslav II, Duke of Poland | | RP : | Pope Benedict X |
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| | PH : | Philip I made coregent in France | | PH : | Treaty of Melfi: Robert Guiscard and Richard of Aversa, Prince of Capua, become papal vassals | | PH : | Constantine X, Eastern Emperor | | RP : | Pope Nicholas II | | RP : | Papal decree establishing papal elections by cardinals only |
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| | PH : | Henry I of France dies; succeeded by Philip I | | PH : | Bela I, King of Hungary |
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| | PH : | Normans conquer Messina | | RP : | Pope Alexander II |
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| | PH : | Coup d'etat of Kaiserswerth; Archbishop Anno II of Cologne seizes Henry IV | | RP : | Berengar of Tours opposes doctrine of transubstantiation | | DL : | Marrakesh founded |
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| | PH : | Harold and Tostig subdue Wales | | PH : | Victorious Ger. campaign against Hungary | | PH : | Alp Arslan, ruler of the Seljuks |
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| | PH : | The Seljuks conquer Armenia | | PH : | Hungarians seize Belgrade from Byzantium |
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| | PH : | Sancho II, King of Castile | | PH : | Henry IV comes of age | | M : | Wilhelm von Hirsau, Ger. Benedictine monk, writes manuals on musical theory | | PH : | Edward the Confessor dies 1 May; Harold II crowned 1 June; Harold killed in Battle of Hastings on 14 October; William I, the Conqueror, crowned 25 Dec. GO ! | | VA : | Beginning of Norman (Romanesque) architecture | | DL : | Appearance of comet, later called "Halley's Comet" |
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