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# 972

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## [edit] Events

- Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess.
- Battle of Cedynia - Polish duke Mieszko I defeats Germans.
- Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope.
- Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I of Bohemia in Bohemia.
- Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev.
- Fatimids enter Egypt, establish the city of Cairo and the Al-Azhar mosque.
- Buluggin ibn Ziri appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, start of the Zirid dynasty
- The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt.
- Saint Eadburga is canonized.
- Emperor John Tzoimisces makes eastern Bulgaria a Byzantine subject

## [edit] Births

## [edit] Deaths

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