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  • February 14: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
  • October 18: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is destroyed by Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
  • The Ly dynasty, Vietnam's first independent dynasty, is proclaimed.
  • Sergius IV succeeds John XVIII as Pope.
  • Suleiman II succeeds Mohammed II as Caliph of Cordoba.
  • Provinces of Goryeo (modern-day Korea) are redistributed.