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Events 
 February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.In the Annals of Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt.
 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.
 Suleiman II succeeds Mohammed II as Caliph of Cordoba.
 Provinces of Goryeo (modern-day Korea) are redistributed.
 Births 
 Goda of England, Duchess of Brittany, sister of Edward the Confessor (died 1063)
 Saint Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, second Lord Chancellor of England (died 1099)
 Deaths 
 Pope John XVIII

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