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Persian poet and scholar Omar Khayyam joins seven academics in reforming the Islamic calendar. Khayyam, who dies is 1131, is best known for his quatrains in the Robaiyat.
On their third attempt, Norse (Viking) invaders capture the Isle of Man from Celtic defenders at the Battle of Sky Hill.
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