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King Edward the Confessor unites the English dioceses of Devon and Cornwall. He moves the see from Crediton to Exeter and gives the order to build a cathedral.¹¹ Leofric becomes the first bishop of Exeter.¹² ¹³ ¹⁴
The brewery of Weltenburg Abbey (modern Germany) is first mentioned, thus making it one of the oldest still operating breweries in the world (approximate date).¹⁵ ¹⁶ ¹⁷

Births

November 11 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)¹⁸ ¹⁹ ²⁰
Amadeus II, count of Savoy (approximate date)²¹
Berthold II, duke of Swabia (approximate date)²² ²³
Bertrand of Comminges, French bishop (d. 1126)²⁴ ²⁵ ²⁶
Frederick I, duke of Swabia (approximate date)²⁷
Leopold II ("the Fair"), margrave of Austria (d. 1095)²⁸
Lhachen Gyalpo, king of Ladakh (approximate date)²⁹ ³⁰
Liutold of Eppenstein, German nobleman (approximate date)
Li Tang, Chinese landscape painter (approximate date)³¹ ³² ³³
Lope Íñiguez, lord of Biscay (approximate date)³⁴
Michael VII Doukas, Byzantine emperor (approximate date)³⁵
Muhammad al-Baghdadi, Arab mathematician (d. 1141)³⁶
Muirchertach Ua Briain, king of Munster (approximate date)³⁷ ³⁸
Olaf I ("Hunger"), king of Denmark (approximate date)³⁹
Olaf III ("the Peaceful"), king of Norway (approximate date)⁴⁰
Osbern of Canterbury, English hagiographer (d. 1090)⁴¹
Peter the Hermit, French priest (approximate date)⁴² ⁴³
Sophia of Hungary, duchess of Saxony (approximate date)⁴⁴
Sviatopolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1113)⁴⁵ ⁴⁶ ⁴⁷
Vidyakara, Indian Buddhist scholar (d. 1130)

Deaths

February 10 – Anna, Grand Princess of Kiev (b. 1001)⁴⁸ ⁴⁹
October 29 – Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury ⁵⁰ ⁵¹ ⁵²
Alferius (or Alferio), Italian abbot and saint (b. 930)⁵³ ⁵⁴ ⁵⁵
Anund Jacob (or James), king of Sweden (b. 1008)⁵⁶ ⁵⁷ ⁵⁸
Casilda of Toledo, Spanish saint (approximate date)⁵⁹ ⁶⁰
Constantine Arianites, Byzantine general⁶¹ ⁶² ⁶³
Einar Thambarskelfir, Norwegian nobleman⁶⁴ ⁶⁵
Herleva, Norman noblewoman (approximate date)⁶⁶
Hugh of Langres, French bishop and theologian ⁶⁷ ⁶⁸
Humphrey de Vieilles, Norman nobleman⁶⁹
Michael Dokeianos, Byzantine general⁷⁰ ⁷¹ ⁷²
Suryavarman I, king of the Khmer Empire ⁷³ ⁷⁴ ⁷⁵
Wifred II, count of Cerdanya and Berga ⁷⁶ ⁷⁷
Zoë, empress of the Byzantine Empire ⁷⁸ ⁷⁹ ⁸⁰

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