1072

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ William I of England invades Scotland, and also receives the submission of Hereward the Wake.

★ Osbern FitzOsbern becomes Bishop of Exeter.

★ January 10 — Normans conquer Palermo in Sicily.

★ The Song Dynasty Chinese polymath scientist and statesman Shen Kuo is appointed as the head official for the Bureau of Astronomy.

Births

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Deaths

★ March 16 — Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop

★ September 22 — Ouyang Xiu, Chinese statesman, historian, essayist and poet (b. 1007)

★ December 15 — Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)

★ Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury