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Events

By Place

Asia

Europe

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Hospice built in Jerusalem by Knights Hospitaller

★ Goryeo and the Liao Dynasty exchange embassies following a seven-year territorial dispute.

Europe

★ City of Saint-Germain-en-Laye founded

★ Third Italian campaign of Henry II of Germany

★ Canute the Great codifies the laws of England

Births

★ Harold II of England (approximate)

★ Empress Agnes of Poitou, regent of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1077)

★ Zhang Zai (d. 1077), Song Dynasty Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and cosmologist

★ Su Song (d. 1101), famous Song Dynasty Chinese scientist and engineer

Deaths

★ June 12 — Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury

★ Ferdowsi Tousi, Persian epic poet (b. 935)

★ Leif Ericson, Icelandic Explorer