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Heads of State
Year of the Fire Dragon丙辰( at the beginning of the year wood rabbit乙卯)
Syria: 1387/88 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Investiture Controversy
- January 24: The Roman- German King Henry IV declared at the Diet of Worms, Pope Gregory VII deposed.
- February 14: Pope Gregory VII declared on the Lenten synod convened by him King Henry IV deposed and speaks of excommunication.
More Events in Europe
- December 25: Coronation of Boleslaw II the Bold ( Bolesław II ger. Smialy ) to the king of Poland.
- Hildolf is Archbishop of Cologne.
- Dagmersellen and Ettiswil are first mentioned.
- Ferdinand I conquered Coria in the Emirate of Badajoz.
Science and Technology
- Adam of Bremen finished the work on his history of the Archdiocese of Hamburg and mentions the discovery of Vinland ( America) by Grænlendingar.
Religion
- In the Carantanian Mark the Monastery of St. Lambrecht IV is established by the Carinthian Margrave March Warden.
Born
- Ibn al - ʿ Arabī al - Ma ʿ Afiri, Islamic legal scholar and theologian
Died
- FEBRUARY 3: Imad, Bishop of Paderborn (c. 1000)
- FEBRUARY 27: Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1069 to 1076 (* 1040 )