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Events

• Marrakech is founded by the Almoravid dynasty.
• The Almoravids overrun Morocco and establish a kingdom stretching from Spain to Senegal.
• Affligem Abbey, of the Order of St. Benedict, is founded in Affligem, Belgium.

Births

• Nicephorus Bryennius, Byzantine statesman (d. 1137)

Deaths

• Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia
• Bao Qingtian, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (b. 999)

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