Pietro II Orseolo was the Doge of Venice from 991 to 1009. He began the period of eastern expansion of Venice that lasted for the better part of 500 years. The chief office in the historical city states of Venice and Genoa was the Doge (from the Latin dux--leader). ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Events Battle of Maldon Sweyn I of Denmark recovers his throne Births Deaths Theophanu, empress, mother of Otto III Emperor Enyu of Japan Categories: 991 ... Events February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. ...

Following repeated complaints by the Dalmatian city-states in 997, the Venetian fleet under Orseolo attacked the Slavic pirates of Narenta on the Ascension Day in 998 and finally defeated them. Pietro then took the title of Dux Dalmatianorum (Duke of Dalmatia), associating it with his son. Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Далмација) is a region of Croatia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. ... Events City of Gdansk is founded Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland Samuil of Bulgaria crowned Tsar by Pope Gregory V Births Deaths Saint Adalbert of Prague, martyrdom Categories: 997 ... A pirate is one who robs or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised sovereign nation. ... The Ascension is one of the great feasts in the Christian liturgical calendar, and commemorates the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven forty days after his resurrection from the dead. ... Events Benedictine abbey founded at Sherborne Births Deaths Abul-Wafa, iranian mathematician Categories: 998 ...

The date of his victory became that of the Festa della Sensa, the Ascension Festival, the oldest festival in Venice. It was commemorated by the Doge and the bishop of Olivolo going past the Lido and blessing the waters, invoking good fortune for the Venetian navy. Lido and the Venetian Lagoon. ...