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1016| 1000–1100 | Europe [sports] | ‘Tables’, or backgammon, is introduced to Europe by the Arabs (or reintroduced, as it is similar in name and appearance to the Roman game Tabula). It becomes extremely popular over the next few centuries. The name ‘backgammon’ is first used in the mid-17th century. | | 1016 | Spain, Umayyad Caliphate [administration] | Suleiman, the Umayyad caliph of Córdoba in Spain, is deposed by the general Ali ibn-Hammud, who founds the Hammudid dynasty. | | 23 April 1016 | England [political events] | Edmund Ironside succeeds to the English throne following the death of his father, King Aethelred II the Unready of England. Edmund revitalizes English resistance to Cnut, the Danish claimant to the English throne. | | 30 November 1016 | England [political events] | On the death of King Edmund Ironside, Cnut, king of Denmark, is accepted as sole king of England. |
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