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  • The Song Dynasty Chinese polymath scientist and statesman Shen Kuo is appointed as the head official for the Bureau of Astronomy, where he begins his groundbreaking work with the colleague Wei Pu on accurately plotting the orbital paths of the stars, planets, and moon three times a night for a continuum of five years.
  • Shen Kuo is sent to supervise Chancellor Wang Anshi's program of surveying the building of silt deposits in the Bian Canal outside the capital city of Kaifeng. Using an original technique, Shen successfully dredges the canal and demonstrates the formidable value of the silt gathered as a fertilizer.

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  • February 22Peter Damian, Italian saint (born c. 1007)
  • March 16Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop
  • September 22Ouyang Xiu, Chinese statesman, historian, essayist and poet (b. 1007)
  • November 24 - King Bagrat IV of Georgia (b. 1018)
  • December 15Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)
  • Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury    

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