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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ March 26 — Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor.

★ May 14 — Henri I is crowned king of France at Reims Cathedral.

★ Aldred becomes abbot of Tavistock.

★ Start of the Tibetan calendar.

★ As recorded in the ''Song Shi'', the Song Dynasty Chinese engineer Yan Su reinvents the 3rd century South Pointing Chariot, a mechanical-driven compass vehicle.

Births

★ King William I of England (d. 1087)

★ Margrave Ernest of Austria (d. 1075)

★ Abbad III al-Mu'tamid, king of Seville

Deaths

★ August 16 — Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998)