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Heads of State
Year of the Earth Rat戊子( at the beginning of the year fire - pig丁亥)
Syria: 1359/60 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- The Shiite Sulaihiden under Ali al - Sulaihi conquer Saana and to 1062 the whole of Yemen.
- First mention of mountain, this Fischbach and Mauer ( Baden).
Religion
Born
- Alexius I, Byzantine Emperor († 1118)
- Omar Khayyam, Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and poet († 1131 )
- Géza I, King of Hungary ( † 1077 )
- Ladislas, King of Hungary († 1095 )
- Magnus II, King of Norway ( † 1069)
- Mathilde of Swabia, as the wife of Rudolf of Rheinfelden Duchess of Swabia († 1060 )
- Simon of Crépy, Count of Valois, Amiens and Vexin († 1080 )
Died
- 07 June: Berno, Abbot of Reichenau 1008-1048
- 09 August: Poppo of Brixen, Bishop of Brixen, as Pope Damasus II
- December 09: Al- Biruni, Persian scholar (* 973)
- Humbert I, Count of Savoy, founder of the House of Savoy (* 1103)
- Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine (* 1000)
- Poppo of Stavelot, sainted abbot of 17 abbeys (* 978)