History
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General
Population: 248 Million*
- Deaths: St. Edward the Martyr of England
Europe
- England: Aethelred II (Ethelred the Unready) of England reigns as death of St. Edward the Martyr
Earliest mention of Billingsgate Wharf in London
- France: Louis V named as coregent in France
- Ireland: Northmen in Ireland defeated by Malachi at Tara