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A plot to murder the German king Heinrich IV comes to light and brings accusations that the Saxon nobleman Otto of Nordheim, duke of Bavaria, was complicit in the conspiracy. Having taken advantage of Heinrich's minority to usurp some of his territories, Otto is deprived of his Bavarian and Saxon lands, will be taken prisoner next year, but will regain his Saxon lands in 1072. Now 19, Heinrich gives Bavaria to Azzo IV, marquis d'Este, a grandson of the 74-year-old Azzo II, who has been adopted by his maternal uncle Guelph III and inherited Guelph's duchy of Carinthia. Azzo d'Este will rule until his death in 1101.
Swedes depose and kill their king Halsten Stenkilsson after a 4-year reign as chaos continues in the country; Haakon the Red (Häkan Röde) seizes power and will reign until 1079.
Venice's doge Domenico Contarini dies after a 27-year reign during which his city-state has subjugated Dalmatia and pushed construction of the Cathedral of San Marco.
The order of the Knights of St. John is founded at Jerusalem by merchants from Amalfi to care for the hospital of St. John. The Hospitalers will be militarized in 60 years along lines that will be established by the Knights Templar in 1120.
The Fatimid caliph Abu al-Mustansir sends Cairo's women to Baghdad as famine strikes the Egyptian city.
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