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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ April 22 — Pope Gregory VII (Cardinal Hildebrand) succeeds Pope Alexander II as the 157th pope.

★ Emperor Shirakawa ascends the throne of Japan

★ Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi finishes writing the ''Rif'', an important work of Jewish law.

★ John IX bar Shushan ends term as Syrian Patriarch of Antioch

★ Beginning of Sviatoslav II's reign as ruler of Kievan Rus

★ Seljuk Turks conquer Ankara

Births

★ David the Builder, King of Georgia

★ Margrave Leopold III of Austria

Deaths

★ April 21 — Pope Alexander II

★ June 15 — Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)

★ Zhou Dunyi, Neo-Confucian philosopher in Song Dynasty China (b. 1071)