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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ May 3 — Merton Priory (Thomas Becket school) consecrated.

★ Borivoj II of Bohemia become Prince of Bohemia in place of Vladislav I of Bohemia.

★ Pelusium razed by Baldwin I of Jerusalem.

★ Miidera and the sohei of Enryakuji attack Nara.

★ People of Santiago de Compostela try to burn their prelate in his palace, along with the queen

★ The earliest recorded use of a compass for navigational purposes.

Births

★ Humphrey II of Toron, Constable of Jerusalem

Deaths

★ April 16 — Saint Magnus, Earl of Orkney (executed)

★ December 9 — Gertrud of Brunswick, Markgräfin of Meißen

★ Anselm of Laon, French theologian

★ Ivo of Chartres, French canon lawyer (b. 1040)

★ Bertrade de Montfort, wife of Fulk IV of Anjou and Philip I of France