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Events

★ Domesday Book is completed in England

★ Emperor Shirakawa starts his cloistered rule

★ Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire.

★ Alfonso VI of León and Castile is defeated by the Almoravids on the battle of az-Zallaqah, called into Spain by Abbad III of Sevilla.

★ May 24 — Pope Victor III succeeds Pope Gregory VII as the 158th pope, though he did not accept election until May 9, 1087.

Deaths

★ May 21 — Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut

★ May 21 — Wang Anshi, Chinese statesman, economist, poet (b. 1021)

★ July 17 — King Canute IV of Denmark (b. 1043)

★ September 25 — William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025)

★ Sima Guang — Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)