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Events

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Europe

• Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland.
• The Orsay commune is founded.

By topic

Religion

• April 2 — Pope Silvester II succeeds Pope Gregory V as the 139th pope.
• Sigmundur Brestisson introduces Christianity in the Faroe Islands.
• Christianity is adopted in Iceland.

Births

• Bao Qingtian, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (d. 1062)

Deaths

• February 145 — Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia
• February 18 — Pope Gregory V
• December 16 — Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
• December - Elisabeth of Vendôme, wife of Fulk III of Anjou (aka Fulk the Black)
• Maredudd ab Owain, King of Gwynedd

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