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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Construction of the church of Saint Sophia Cathedral is started in Kiev.

★ Ferdinand I of Castile and Leon becomes king of Spain.

★ Harold I seizes the crown of England from his half-brother Harthacanute.

★ George Maniaces begins campaign against the Arabs in Sicily.

★ The Song Dynasty Chinese rime dictionary of the ''Jiyun'' is published.

Births

★ Su Dongpo, Chinese poet (d. 1101)

Deaths

★ March 16 — Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen

★ September 4 — King Bermudo III of Leon (b. 1010)

★ Avicenna, Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist (b. 980)

★ Duke Boleslaus III of Bohemia