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1047| 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. | | 1047–1080 | France [legislation] | The earliest known code of laws and customs of any French town, the Etablissements de Saint-Quentin, is drawn up. (The original code is lost but is known from a copy of 1151.) | | 25 October 1047 | Norway, Denmark [political events] | Magnus the Good, King of Denmark and Norway, dies. He is succeeded in Denmark by Svein II Estrithson and in Norway by Harald Hardrada. | | 25 December 1047 | Holy Roman Empire, Italy [administration] | Bishop Poppo of Brixen is nominated to succeed Pope Clement II by Emperor Henry III but he cannot be consecrated because the deposed pope Benedict IX has occupied Rome, Italy. |
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