Canute IV of Denmark is assassinated.
Milestones
356 BC
The Third Sacred War begins between the forces of the Delphic Amphictyonic League, principally represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II of Macedon, and the Phocians.
1250 BC
Ziggurat in Khuzestan, in present day Iran is built. Moses leads the Israelites on an exodus out of Egypt.
1803 AD
France sells vast area of land west of the Mississippi to the United States in whats known as The Louisiana Purchase.