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Events
By Place
Asia
* Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to
Japan 's Kinryuzan Sensouji Temple, is erected.
* TheChavda Kingdom is overthrown inGujarat ,India .Europe
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Hywel Dda , king ofDeheubarth , annexes Gwynedd to become ruler of most ofWales .By Topic
Religion
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October 30 —Pope Marinus II succeedsPope Stephen VIII as the 128thpope .Births
* Pampa, Kannada poet in
India
*Edgar of England (approximate date)
*Genshin (源信), influentialTendai scholarDeaths
*
Pope Stephen VIII
* KingIdwal Foel of Gwynedd
*December 17 -William I of Normandy
*Gaozu of Later Jin , founder of the Later Jin Dynasty in China (b.892 )
* Liu Yan of the Southern Han Kingdom
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