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| Years: 1014 1015 1016 - 1017 - 1018 1019 1020 | |
| Decades: 980s 990s 1000s - 1010s - 1020s 1030s 1040s | |
| Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century 1017 state leaders | |
Events
- Canute the Great is acclaimed king of England.
- England is divided into the earldoms of Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria.
- Abd-ar-Rahman IV is Umayyad caliph, succeeding Suleiman II.
- Canute marries Emma of Normandy.
- Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad publicly declares Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah to be God, founding the Druze religion.
Births
Deaths
- Abd-ar-Rahman IV, Umayyad caliph
