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Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ William the Conqueror, with assistance from King Henry I of France, secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at Caen the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes

★ Harald III becomes sole king of Norway.

★ Sweyn II is crowned king of Denmark.

★ Pope Clement II, is succeeded by Pope Benedict IX as the 150th pope.

Births

★ Judith of Swabia, daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor

Deaths

★ October 9 — Pope Clement II

★ October 25 — King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)