Events
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William I of England invades
Scotland, and also receives the submission of
Hereward the Wake.
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Osbern FitzOsbern becomes
Bishop of Exeter.
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January 10 —
Normans conquer
Palermo in
Sicily.
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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
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March 16 —
Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop
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September 22 —
Ouyang Xiu, Chinese statesman,
historian,
essayist and
poet (b.
1007)
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December 15 —
Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b.
1029)
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Stigand,
Archbishop of Canterbury