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Year of the Metal Monkey庚申(at the beginning of Earth Sheep己未)
Syria: 1331/32 ( the year in October )
Events
- Norman conquest of southern Italy: Normans establish themselves in Lower Italy.
- Pope Benedict VIII visited at Easter Emperor Henry II in Bamberg. The visit is the Pope's desire for imperial help for the rebels against Byzantine rule in southern Italy.
- First mention of Hardegsen and Otter city.
- Um 1020: Armies of the city-states of Genoa and Pisa oust the Arabs from Sardinia.
- To 1020/1030: The headquarters of the Habsburgs, the castle of Habsburg, is built.
Born
- 1020: St. Hallvard, the Norwegian saint and patron saint of Oslo ( † around 1043 )
- 1020: Frederick I, Bishop of Münster ( † 1084 )
Died
Backed death
- April 23: Meles of Bari, Duke of Apulia
- AUGUST 29: Dodiko, Count of Saxony Hessengau, Ittergau and Nethegau
More death unknown
- Abhinavagupta, Indian philosopher, mystic and esthete (c. 950 )
- Ælfric Grammaticus, Anglo-Saxon monk and scientist (* 955 )
- Firdusi, Persian poet (c. 934)
- I. Bernard Taillefer, Count of Besalu
- Geraud I, Count of Armagnac ( * before 995 )
- Hugo, Bishop of Geneva