Chinese imperial official
Sima Guang presents the emperor with an eight-volume Tongzhi (通志; "Comprehensive Records"), chronicling Chinese history from 403 BCE to the end of the Qin dynasty in 207 BCE. The emperor then issues an edict for the compilation of Guang's
universal history of China, allocating funds for the costs of compilation and research assistants such as Liu Ban, Liu Shu and Fan Zuyu.[1]
The
Abu Hanifa Mosque is established in
Baghdad, when the Grand Vizier of the
Seljuk Empire, Abu Saad al-Khwarizmi or al-Mustawfi, builds a shrine for Abu Hanifa near his tomb.[2]
December 30 –
Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in
Granada, crucifies the Jewish vizier Yusuf ibn Naghrela, and massacres most of the Jewish population.[3]
January 6 – Harold Godwinson (Harold II) is crowned king of England, probably in the new
Westminster Abbey, where Edward the Confessor's funeral took place not long before the coronation.[7]
October 6 – Harold II marches south from
Stamford Bridge (near
York) to counter the threat of the invasion by William. Reaching London within five days, he leaves a short time later. After a two-day march he and his army reach
Caldbec Hill.
October 14 –
Battle of Hastings: William and Harold II meet in battle at Hastings. Although Harold has the superior position on the battlefield, he is defeated and killed by William, invading England.
October 15 –
Edgar Ætheling is proclaimed king of England (but is never crowned). He is soon forced to submit to the rule of William the Conqueror.
December – William the Conqueror moves along the south coast to
Dover, and builds fortifications in the existing castle at the top of the cliffs. He moves to
Canterbury and finally enters London. Archbishop
Stigand and other English leaders submit to William's rule. On
December 25, he is crowned as King William I of England in Westminster Abbey over Edward the Confessor's grave.
^Vladimir Braginskii (2014). Classical Civilisations of South East Asia: An Anthology of Articles Published in the Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Taylor & Francis. p. 598.
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^Vasilka Tăpkova-Zaimova (2018). Bulgarians by Birth: The Comitopuls, Emperor Samuel and Their Successors According to Historical Sources and the Historiographic Tradition. Brill. p. 167.
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