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Events
- The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway.
- Battle of Pasinler - Seljuks defeat a force of Byzantines and Georgians.
- Benedict IX driven from Rome, ending his third and final pontificate.
- July 17 - Damasus II appointed Pope.
Births
- May 18 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1123)
- May 25 - Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)
- Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1118)
Deaths
- August 9 - Pope Damasus II
- December 13 - Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973)
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