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1028| 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. | | 1028 | Normandy, England [births and deaths] | William I the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy 1035–87, King of England 1066–87, born in Falaise, Normandy (–1087). | | 1028 | Norway [political events] | Having made himself unpopular for his brutal imposition of Christianity, Olaf Haroldson, King of Norway, is expelled from his kingdom by King Cnut of Denmark and England. The chiefs of the Faroes, Orkneys, and Shetlands also recognize Cnut's rule. | | 1028 | Spain, Navarre [political events] | Sancho III of Navarre unites the Spanish realm of Castile with his kingdom following the murder of its young Count Garcia. | | 1028 | Byzantine Empire [political events] | Following the death of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII, he is succeeded by his son-in-law, Romanus III. |
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