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Events

By Place

Europe

• Saint Æthelwold of Winchester, Bishop of Winchester, rebuilds the western end of the Old Minster, Winchester, with twin towers and no apses.
• German emperor Otto II grants Lower Lorraine, where modern-day Brussels is located, to Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, illegitimate son of King Louis IV of France.
• King Kenneth II of Scotland kills Amlaíb, brother of King Culen, to establish himself as Culen's successor.

Asia

• The original Imam Ali Mosque is built at Najaf, Iraq by the Daylamite Iranian ruler Fannakhosraw Azod ad Dowleh.

Births

• Kokei, eminent Japanese Buddhist monk
• Saint Poppo of Deinze

Deaths

• Hunain ibn Ishaq, Egyptian physician
• Dubrawka, daughter of Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia
• Fujiwara no Kanemichi, a kugyo of the Heian period of Japan who served as Kampaku

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