- 1085
Events
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April 2 —Emperor Zhezong becomesemperor ofSong Dynasty .Empress Dowager Gao cancells all the reforms packages and dismisses pro-reformWang Anshi .
*May 25 —Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo,Spain back from theMoors and invites Frenchknight s to settle the centralplateau ofSpain .
* The Domesday survey is commissioned byWilliam I of England to ensure proper taxation and levies.
*Katedralskolan, Lund , the oldest school inScandinavia , is founded.
*Ísleifur Gissurarson is made the firstbishop ofIceland .
* By this year, the annual output ofcopper currency for the ChineseSong Dynasty reaches 6 billion coins a year, prompting the Chinese government to adopt the world's first paper-printed money later in the1120 s.Births
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Alberich of Reims (d.1141 )
*Raoul I, Count of Vermandois (d.October 14 ,1152 )
*Robert fitz Martin (d.1159 )
*Zhang Zeduan , Chinese painter (d.1145 )Deaths
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April 1 —Emperor Shenzong of China (b.1048 )
*May 25 —Pope Gregory VII
*July 15 —Robert Guiscard
* Cheng Hao,Song Dynasty China Neo-Confucian philosopher (b.1032 )
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