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Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Heads of State

Events

★ Independent declaration of Western Xia.

Births

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Deaths

★ August 15 — Saint Stephen I, first king of Hungary

★ October 29 — Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury

★ Alhazen, Persian mathematician

★ William VI of Aquitaine

Heads of State

★ England — Harold I (reigned from 1037 to 1040)

★ France — Henri I (1031 to 1060)

★ Byzantine Empire — Michael IV (1034 to 1041)

★ Holy See — Benedict IX (1032 to 1044)