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1042| 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. | | 14 April 1042 | Byzantine Empire [political events] | The Byzantine emperor Michael V is deposed, blinded, and succeeded by Theodora and Zoe, the popular but incompetent daughters of Constantine VIII. Their rule is marked by intrigue and corruption and weakens the Byzantine empire. | | 8 June 1042 | England, Denmark [political events] | Harthacnut, King of England and Denmark, dies. He is succeeded in England by his adopted heir, Edward the Confessor, son of Aethelred II the Unready, and in Denmark by Magnus I, King of Norway. | | 12 June 1042 | Byzantine Empire [political events] | The Byzantine empresses Zoe and Theodora prove incapable of governing effectively. Zoe therefore remarries, and her husband Constantine IX Monomachus succeeds as emperor. |
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