1037

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Events

• Construction of the church of Saint Sophia Cathedral is started in Kiev.
• Ferdinand I of Castile and Leon becomes king of Spain.
• Harold I seizes the crown of England from his half-brother Harthacanute.
• George Maniaces begins a campaign against the Arabs in Sicily.
• The Song Dynasty Chinese rime dictionary of the Jiyun is published.

Births

• Su Dongpo, Chinese poet (d. 1101)

Deaths

• March 16 — Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen
• September 4 — King Bermudo III of Leon (b. 1010)
• Avicenna, Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist (b. 980)
• Duke Boleslaus III of Bohemia

See also :Category: 1037 deaths.

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