Events

• King Macbeth of Scotland is killed in battle against Malcolm III of Scotland. He is succeeded as King of Scotland by his stepson Lulach.
• August 2 — Pope Stephen IX (sometimes referred to as Stephen X) succeeds Pope Victor II as the 154th pope.
• King Anawrahta of Burma captures Thanton in northern Thailand, strengthening Theravada Buddhism in the country.
• William the Conqueror defeats a Franco-Angevin army at the mouth of the Dives River, Normandy.

Births

Deaths

• Jōchō, Japanese sculptor
• February — Edward the Exile, son of Edmund II of England
• March 1 — Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (b. 972)
• July 28 — Pope Victor II
• August 15 — King Macbeth of Scotland
• August 31 — Leofric, Earl of Mercia