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Events

★ King Macbeth of Scotland is killed in battle against Malcolm III of Scotland. He is succeeded as King of Scotland by his stepson Lulach.

★ August 2 — Pope Stephen IX (sometimes referred to as Stephen X) succeeds Pope Victor II as the 154th pope.

★ King Anawrahta of Myanmar captures Thanton in northern Thailand, strengthening Theravada Buddhism in the country.

★ William the Conqueror defeats a Franco-Angevin army at the mouth of the Dives River, Normandy.

Births

Deaths

★ Jōchō, Japanese sculptor

★ February — Edward the Exile, son of Edmund II of England

★ March 1 — Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (b. 972)

★ May 10 or 21 — Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, poet

★ July 28 — Pope Victor II

★ August 15 — King Macbeth of Scotland

★ August 31 — Leofric, Earl of Mercia