Mar 5 Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins a seven-year Middle Eastern journey, which he later describes in his book "Safarnama"
Aug 23 King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese
Dec 20 Pope Gregory VI abdicates at the Council of Sutri, ending a conflict between himself, Benedict IX and Sylvester III; Clement II becomes the new Pope
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