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seems to be 9 March, according to Palace of the Golden Gate quoting a paywalled source
Correction: no source found of Abu Bakr al-Sajistani
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=== By place ===
==== Abbasid Caliphate ====
* Night of [[9 March]]: The famed Green Dome of the [[Palace of the Golden Gate]] in [[Baghdad]] collapses, amidst heavy rainfall.
 
==== Byzantine Empire ====
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* Fall &ndash; [[Hugh of Italy|Hugh of Provence]], king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]], leads a fourth expedition to [[Rome]] to dislodge [[Alberic II of Spoleto|Alberic II]]. He proceeds to [[Lazio]], preparing a campaign to capture the papal capital. Again the attacks fail and Hugh retreats to [[Milan]].
* [[Olaf Guthfrithson]], a Norse-Irish chieftain, is killed while raiding an ancient [[Angles|Anglian]] church at [[Whitekirk and Tyninghame|Tyninghame]] (Northern [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]). He is succeeded by his cousin [[Amlaíb Cuarán|Olaf Sigtryggsson]] as ruler of [[Scandinavian York|Jórvik]] (modern [[Yorkshire]]).
 
==== AbbasidMiddle CaliphateEast ====
* Night of [[9 March 9]]: &ndash; The famed [[Green Dome]] of the [[Palace of the Golden Gate]] inat [[Baghdad]] collapses, amidst heavy rainfall.
 
=== By topic ===
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* [[Kaminarimon]], the eight-pillared gate to the [[Sensō-ji]] Buddhist temple in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], is erected.
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== Births ==
* [[Brian Boru]], [[High King of Ireland]] (approximate date) (d. [[1014]])
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* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Wulfhelm]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]]
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Bajkam]], Turkish military commander
* [[Abu Bakr al-Sajistani]], Muslim [[Ulama|scholar]]
* [[Abu Bakr Muhammad]], Muslim governor
* [[Fujiwara no Sumitomo]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]]