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Heads of State
Year of the Earth Ox己丑(at the beginning of Earth Rat戊子)
Syria: 1420/21 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- The Almoravids conquer Talavera in the West Toledo after one month's siege.
- The Almoravids under Yusuf ibn Ali unsuccessfully besieging Madrid.
- First mention of Gummersbach, Lindlar, Schwadorf and subgroup Bach.
Born
- JULY 25: Alfonso I, the first king of Portugal ( † 1185 )
- Helen of Serbia, Queen of Hungary ( † 1146 )
- To 1109: William d' Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English nobleman († 1176 )
Died
- JANUARY 26: Alberic of Citeaux, Benedictine abbot in Citeaux (c. 1050)
- APRIL 21: Anselm of Canterbury, Benedictine abbot of the Abbey of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and doctor of the Church (* 1033 )
- APRIL 14: Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (* 1043 )
- April 28: Hugh of Cluny, Benedictine abbot at Cluny (* 1024)
- May 12: Domingo García, Spanish hermit and patron of James pilgrimage in the Rioja
- Wilhelm Jordan, Count of Cerdanya, participants of the 1st Crusade and Regent in the County of Tripoli