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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ January - The German bishops who have been invested by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor withdraw their allegiance from Pope Gregory VII.

★ February 14 — Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

★ December 25 — Coronation of Polish King Bolesław II the Bold (Polish: ''Bolesław Śmiały'') in Gniezno.

★ Anselm of Canterbury completes ''Monologion''.

★ The Almoravids capture the Ghanaian capital of Kumbi.

★ Count Dirk V reconquers most of West Frisia (historical) from the bishop of Utrecht.

Births

★ June 1 — Prince Mstislav of Kiev (d. 1132)

Deaths

★ March 21 — Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)

★ May 31 — Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northampton (b. 1045) — beheaded on St. Giles's Hill, near Winchester, by the order of William the Conqueror

★ December 27 — Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)