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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ April 16 — The last Byzantine-controlled city in southern Italy, Bari, is captured by Robert Guiscard.

★ August 26 — The Byzantine Empire loses the Battle of Manzikert to a Turkish army under Alp Arslan. Byzantine civil war results in Turkish invasions.

★ Construction of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire, England begins.

Births

★ October 22 — William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (d. 1126)

Deaths

★ February 22 — Arnulf III, Count of Flanders (killed in battle)