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Events

By Place

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Europe

★ The Moorish state of Valencia becomes independent.

Asia

★ Mahmud appointed the throne to Ayaz, making Lahore the capital of the Ghaznavid Empire.

★ Khitan princess sent to marry into the Goryeo royal family, securing ties between the Koreans and the Liao Dynasty.

Births

★ Eudocia Macrembolitissa, empress of Byzantine Emperor Constantine X (d. 1096)

★ Wang Anshi, Chinese reformer, statesman, economist, poet (d. 1086)

Deaths

★ Tāriqu l-Ḥakīm, Sixth Fatimid Caliph of Egypt