Calendar year
Henry II is crowned as King of Germany .
Year 1002 (MII ) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar .
Events
By place
Europe
January 23 – Emperor Otto III dies, at the age of 22, of smallpox at Castle of Paterno (near Rome ) after a 19-year reign. He leaves no son, nor a surviving brother who can succeed by hereditary right to the throne .[ 1] Otto is buried in Aachen Cathedral alongside the body of Charlemagne .
February 15 – At an assembly at Pavia of Lombard nobles and secondi milites (the minor nobles), Arduin of Ivrea (grandson of former King Berengar II ) is restored to his domains and crowned as King of Italy in the Basilica of San Michele Maggiore . Arduin is supported by Arnulf II , archbishop of Milan .
June 7 – Henry II , a cousin of Otto III, is elected and crowned as King of Germany by Archbishop Willigis at Mainz . Henry does not recognise the coronation of Arduin. Otto of Worms withdraws his nomination for the title of Holy Roman Emperor and receives the Duchy of Carinthia (modern Austria ) - Henry is the first King to be elected away from the Cathedral of Aachen since the tradition was begun by Otto I in 936 .
July – Battle of Calatañazor : Christian armies led by Alfonso V of León , Sancho III of Pamplona and Sancho García of Castile , defeat the invading Saracens under Al-Mansur , the de facto ruler of Al-Andalus .
August 8 – Al-Mansur dies after a 24-year reign and is succeeded by his son Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar as ruler (hajib ) of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (modern Spain ).
October 15 – Henry I , duke of Burgundy , dies and is succeeded by his stepson, Otto-William . He inherits the duchy; this is disputed by King Robert II of France ("the Pious").
Fall – A revolt organized by Bohemian nobles of the rivalling Vršovci clan, forces Duke Boleslaus III ("the Red") to flee to Germany . He is succeeded by Vladivoj (until 1003 ).
British Isles
Arabian Empire
Asia
By topic
Religion
Births
Deaths
January 8 – Wulfsige III , bishop of Sherborne
January 23 – Otto III , Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980 )
April 23 – Æscwig , bishop of Dorchester
April 30 – Eckard I , margrave of Meissen
May 6 – Ealdwulf , archbishop of York
August 8 – Al-Mansur , Umayyad vizier and de facto ruler (b. 938 )
October 15 – Henry I , duke of Burgundy (b. 946 )
November 13
Athanasius IV , Syrian patriarch of Antioch
Domonkos I , archbishop of Esztergom
Gisela , French princess (approximate date)
Godfrey I (the Prisoner ), Frankish nobleman
John the Iberian , Georgian monk (approximate date)
Kisai Marvazi , Persian author and poet (b. 953 )
Rogneda of Polotsk , Grand Princess of Kiev (b. 962 )
Sa'id al-Dawla , Hamdanid emir of Aleppo (Syria )
Sancho Ramírez , king of Viguera (approximate date)
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