Events By Place Europe Canute the Great's acclaimed king of England. England's divided into the earldoms of Wessex, Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria. Canute marries Emma of Normandy. Melus of Bari rebels, supported by Norman mercenaries. He's victorious in three pitched battles against the Byzantines. Asia Abd-ar-Rahman IV succeeds Suleiman II as Umayyad caliph. Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad publicly declares the founding of the Druze religion. During the reign of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hak… (More on 1017)