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Events 
 End of the reign of Emperor En'yū, emperor of Japan
 Emperor Kazan ascends to the throne of Japan
 Henry II, Duke of Bavaria abducts the child king Otto III
 Antipope Boniface VII murders Pope John XIV

 Births 
 Bethoc, eldest daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland
 Ch'oe Ch'ung, Korean scholar

 Deaths 
 Pope John XIV