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Events

By Place

Asia

• Saadia Gaon compiles his siddur (Jewish prayer book) in Iraq.
• Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan.
• The Liao Dynasty abolishes the requirement that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage.

Europe

• Oldest known Danish King, Gorm the Old

Births

• Abu'l-Wafa, Iranian mathematician
• Brian Boru, high king of Ireland
• Géza, fejedelem of the Magyars (approximate date)

Deaths

• ar-Radi (Caliph of Baghdad)
• Ibn Muqlah, Islamic callligrapher (b. 886)
• Taira no Masakado, leader of the Taira Clan

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