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==== Asia ====
* The Chinese military treatise of the ''[[Wujing Zongyao]]'' is written and compiled by scholars [[Zeng Gongliang]] (曾公亮), Ding Du (丁度), and Yang Weide (楊惟德), during the [[Song dynasty]]. It is the first book in history to include formulas for [[gunpowder]], and its use for various bombs (thrown by sling or [[trebuchet]] catapult). It also describes the double-[[piston]] pump [[flamethrower]] and a [[Thermoremanent magnetization|thermoremanence]] compass, a few decades before [[Shen Kuo]] wrote of the first known [[magnetic]] [[sailor|mariner]]'s [[compass]]. Although emphasizing the importance of many weapons, it reserves high respect for the [[crossbow]], and the ability of crossbowmen to fell charging units of [[nomad]]ic [[cavalry]]men.
* [[August 11]] &ndash; King [[Anawrahta]] seizes the throne of the [[Pagan Kingdom|Pagan Empire]] at [[Bagan]] in [[Myanmar|Burma]] (modern [[Myanmar]]).