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Europe
* Saint
Æthelwold of Winchester ,Bishop of Winchester , rebuilds the western end of theOld Minster, Winchester , with twin towers and noapses .
* German emperorOtto II grantsLower Lorraine , where modern-dayBrussels is located, toCharles, Duke of Lower Lorraine , illegitimate son of KingLouis IV of France .
* KingKenneth II of Scotland kills Amlaíb, brother of KingCulen , to establish himself as Culen's successor.Asia
* The original
Imam Ali Mosque is built atNajaf ,Iraq by the DaylamiteIran ian ruler Fannakhosraw Azod ad Dowleh.Births
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Kokei , eminent JapaneseBuddhist monk
* SaintPoppo of Deinze Deaths
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Hunain ibn Ishaq , Egyptianphysician
*Dubrawka , daughter of DukeBoleslav I ofBohemia
*Fujiwara no Kanemichi , akugyo of theHeian period ofJapan who served as Kampaku
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