1012

Historical Events

• April 19: Archbishop Alphege of Canterbury is murdered by his Danish captors.
• May 18: Pope Benedict VIII succeeds Pope Sergius IV as the 143rd pope.
• Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which eventually ends in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.
• King Máel Coluim mac Cináeda of Alba reputedly defeats a Danish army at Cruden Bay in Buchan.
• Sulayman is restored as Umayyad caliph of Cordoba, succeeding Hisham II.
• King Ethelred of England pays Danegeld to Viking raiders.
• Oldrich succeeds Jaromir as Duke of Bohemia.
• Regional Tribunals in the Order of Hermes.
• Gregory VI becomes antipope.

Hermetic Events

• The end of the Schism War in the Order of Hermes. The last followers of House Diedne are destroyed and the House ceases to exist.
• The Tremere hold their Decennial Council at Coeris in the Transylvanian Tribunal.

Births

• Pope Benedict IX

Deaths

• April 19: Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury
• May 12: Pope Sergius IV
• Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine

Ongoing Events

• The Schism War- 1003-1012