5 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (2)
Notice arrived that Song Taizong (Zhao Jiong) had died and his son Heng (Zhao Heng) had succeeded. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史 卷13 統和15年 3月)
In the third month, Taizong died, and by his will Zhenzong ascended the throne before the coffin. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷006 至道三年)
Korean Peninsula (1)
As King Seongjong's illness grows grave, he calls Song, Prince of Gaeryeong, personally grants a written oath to pass the throne, and moves to Naecheon Wangsa temple. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家 卷3 成宗 十六年)
Western Europe (2)
The army plundered Devon, Cornwall, and North Wales, and at Watchet it burned and killed on a great scale. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 997 항 (pg657.txt 줄 4519))
They entered the river Tamar, went through Lydford, and burned Tavistock, where Ordulf's monastery stood. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 997 항 (pg657.txt 줄 4519))