The Arab physician Avicenna (Abu Sina) writes his Canon of Medicine, which is based on the ideas of Aristotle and Galen and influences medical thinking for centuries to come.
The Capetian King of France, Robert the Pious, dies and is succeeded by his son, Henri I, who has ruled with him since 1027.
Hisham III, caliph of Cordoba, dies. His death ends the Umayyad caliphate that has been a force in Islam since 756.
Byzantine Empress Zoe poisons her husband, Romanus III , and marries a weak and epileptic man, Michael IV Paphiagonian.
Mieszko II of Poland dies. His death sparks six years of dynastic warfare and insurrection.
Canute dies, leaving England to the incapable hands of his sons.
Goichijo, Emperor of Japan, dies and is succeeded by his brother, Gosuzaku.
Guido d'Arezzo pioneers musical notation and invents the great scale (gamut), the hexachord, and hexachord solmization.
Ferdinand I of Castile conquers the Spanish Kingdom of León and makes himself King.
Stephen I dies after a long reign that spread Roman Christianity throughout Hungary. His nephew, Peter Orseolo, whose father is doge of Venice, succeeds him.
Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II dies and is succeeded by his son, Henry III.
this all happened during the decade of 1030.
yes, i cheated in high school, too.