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EventsFebruary 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.October 18: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is destroyed by Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.The Ly dynasty, Vietnam's first independent dynasty, is proclaimed.Sergius IV succeeds John XVIII as Pope.Sulayman succeeds Mohammed II as caliph of Cordoba.Provinces of Goryeo (modern-day Korea) are redistributed.
BirthsDecember 14 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)
DeathsBruno of Querfurt, missionary.June - Pope John XVIII
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