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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ January 11 — Theodora becomes reigning empress of the Byzantine Empire.

★ Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad, Al-Malik al-Rahim taken prisoner.

★ April 13 — Pope Victor II succeeds Pope Leo IX as the 153rd pope.

★ October 24 — Ralph the Timid defeated by the Welsh.

★ Construction on the Liaodi Pagoda in Hebei is complete, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history standing at a height of 84 m (275 ft) tall.

Births

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Deaths

★ January 11 — Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire

★ May 26 — Margrave Adalbert of Austria

★ Princess Goda of England