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Fu Yanqing, Chinese general (d. 975)
He Ning, Chinese chancellor (d. 955)
Hugh the Great, Father of Hugh Capet and progenitor of the Capetian Kings (approximate date) (d. 956)
Li Congyan, Chinese general (d. 946)
Sang Weihan, Chinese chief of staff (d. 947)

Deaths

January 1 – Odo I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom
October 15 – Lambert II, king of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor
Adalbold I, bishop of Utrecht (approximate date)
Ahmad ibn Isa al-Shaybani, Muslim leader
Aitíth mac Laigni, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
Al-Mubarrad, Muslim grammarian (b. 826)
Athanasius, bishop and duke of Naples
Doseon, Korean Buddhist monk (b. 826)
Gagik Apumrvan Artsruni, Armenian prince
Hsiang-yen Chih-hsien, Chinese Ch'an master
Luo Hongxin, Chinese warlord (b. 836)
Mashdotz I, Armenian monk and catholicos (or 897)
Stephen, duke of Amalfi (approximate date)
Wang Chao, Chinese warlord (b. 846)
Ya'qubi, Muslim geographer (or 897)

Births

Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Arab historian (d. 967)
Balderic, bishop of Utrecht (d. 975)
Yang Longyan, king of Wu (d. 920)

Deaths

November 16 – Gu Yanhui, Chinese warlord
Ali ibn Ahmad al-Madhara'i, Muslim vizier
Buhturi, Muslim poet (b. 820)
Ermengard of Italy, queen and regent of Provence
Fujiwara no Sukeyo, Japanese aristocrat (b. 847)
Guy IV, duke of Spoleto
Heahstan, bishop of London
Jinseong, queen of Silla (Korea)
Li Zi ('Prince of Tong'), prince of the Tang Dynasty
Mashdotz I, Armenian monk and catholicos (or 898)
Minamoto no Yoshiari, Japanese official (b. 845)
Stephen VI, pope of the Catholic Church
Theodore II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 840)
Wilfred the Hairy, Frankish nobleman
Ya'qubi, Muslim geographer (or 898)
Zhaozhou, Chinese Zen Buddhist master (b. 778)
Zhu Xuan, Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi)

Births

Frederuna, queen of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 917)
Qian Yuanguan, king of Wuyue (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 941)
Song Qiqiu, chief strategist of Southern Tang (d. 959)

Deaths

January 11 – Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman
April 6 – Pei Che, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
July 6 – Wang Chongrong, Chinese warlord
August 26 – Kōkō, emperor of Japan (b. 830)
September 18 – Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice
September 24 – Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty
Abbas ibn Firnas, Muslim physician and inventor (b. 810)
Ibn Majah, Muslim hadith compiler (or 889)
Jeonggang, king of Silla (modern Korea)
Xiao Gou, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Yantou Quanhuo, Chinese Chan master (b. 828)
Zheng Changtu, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Zhu Mei, Chinese warlord (approximate date)

Births

January 31 – Wang Kon, founder of Goryeo (d. 943)
September 10 – Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (d. 940)
Ælfthryth, English princess and countess of Flanders (d. 929)
Fujiwara no Kanesuke, Japanese nobleman (d. 933)
Liu, Chinese empress of Qi (d. 943)
Luo Shaowei, Chinese warlord (d. 910)
Pi Guangye, Chinese chancellor (d. 943)
Rudesind I, bishop of Mondoñedo (d. 907)
Wang Rong, Chinese warlord (d. 921)

Deaths

August 5 – Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan, Abbasid vizier
October 6 – Charles the Bald, king of the West Frankish Kingdom
October 23 – Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinople
Andrew the Scot, Irish archdeacon (approximate date)
Bernard II, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Carloman, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
Constantine I, king of Alba (Scotland)
Engelram, Frankish chamberlain
Gérard II, Frankish nobleman (or 879)
Halfdan Ragnarsson, Viking leader and 'king' of Northumbria
Jayavarman III, king of the Khmer Empire (Cambodia)
Johannes Scotus Eriugena, Irish theologian (approximate date)
Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir, Abbasid general
Ōe no Otondo, Japanese scholar (b. 811)
Savaric I, bishop of Mondoñedo (b. 866)
Wang Ying, Chinese rebel leader

Births

October 10 – Li Siyuan, emperor of Later Tang (d. 933)
Gyeon Hwon, king of Hubaekje (Korea) (d. 936)
Pribislav, prince (knyaz) of Serbia (approximate date)
Stephen I, patriarch of Constantinople (d. 893)
Zhao Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 904)
Zhu Jin, Chinese warlord (d. 918)

Deaths

March 21 – Ælla, king of Northumbria
March 21 – Osberht, king of Northumbria
November 13 – Nicholas I, pope of the Catholic Church
Auisle, Viking leader (approximate date)
Cormac mac Connmhach, Irish monk and scribe
Donnchad mac Aedacain, king of Uisneach (Ireland)
Eahlstan, bishop of Sherborne
Fujiwara no Yoshimi, Japanese nobleman (b. 813)
Fujiwara no Yoshisuke, Japanese statesman (b. 813)
Galindo Aznárez I, count of Aragon
Gottschalk of Orbais, German monk and theologian
Lazarus Zographos, Byzantine monk and painter
Louis, Frankish archchancellor and abbot
Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. 840)
Muhammad ibn Abdallah, Abbasid governor
Qarin I, ruler (spahbed) of the Bavand Dynasty
Wasif al-Turki, Abbasid general
Wulfsige, bishop of Lichfield

Births

Choe Chiwon, Korean philosopher and poet
Li Cunjin, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 922)

Deaths

March 11 – Eulogius, Spanish priest and martyr
Dae Ijin, king of Balhae (Korea)
Erispoe, king (duke) of Brittany
Harith al-Muhasibi, Muslim teacher (b. 781)
Hilderic of Farfa, Frankish abbot
Kim Yang, viceroy of Silla (Korea) (b. 808)
Masawaiyh, Assyrian physician
Matudán mac Muiredaig, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
Ma Zhi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Munseong, king of Silla (Korea)
Roderick, Spanish priest and saint
Wang Shaoding, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
Yahya ibn Aktham, Muslim jurist
Zheng Lang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Ziryab, Muslim poet and musician (b. 789)

Births

Æthelred I, king of Wessex (approximate date)
Al-Mu'tazz, Muslim caliph (d. 869)
Charles the Child, king of Aquitaine (or 848)
Cheng Ji, Chinese general (approximate date)
Fujiwara no Sukeyo, Japanese aristocrat (d. 897)
Kang Junli, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 894)
Lu Yi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 905)
Miyoshi Kiyotsura, Japanese scholar (d. 918)
Wang Jian, emperor of Former Shu (d. 918)
Wang Jingchong, Chinese general (d. 883)

Deaths

January 27 – Sergius II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 790)
April 21 – Odgar, Frankish monk and archbishop
June 1 – Xiao, empress of the Tang Dynasty
June 14 – Methodius I, patriarch of Constantinople
August 10 – Al-Wathiq, Muslim caliph (b. 816)
Fedelmid mac Crimthainn, king of Munster (Ireland)
Frothar of Toul, Frankish bishop (approximate date)
Hetto, Frankish archbishop (approximate date)
Isa ibn Mansur al-Rafi'i, Muslim governor
Muhammad ibn al-Zayyat, Abbasid vizier
Li Rangyi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Theodemar of Iria, Galician bishop

Births

Al-Muntasir, Muslim caliph (d. 862)
Baldwin I, margrave of Flanders (approximate date)
Ibn Duraid, Muslim poet and philologist (d. 933)
Ibn Khuzaymah, Muslim hadith and scholar (d. 923)

Deaths

Antony I, patriarch of Constantinople
Drest IX, king of the Picts
Eadwulf, bishop of Lindsey
Giovanni I, doge of Venice
Hugh of Tours, Frankish nobleman
Li Zaiyi, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 788)
Maxentius, patriarch of Aquileia
Oliba I, Frankish nobleman
Peter of Atroa, Byzantine abbot (b. 773)

Births

Ali ibn Muhammad, Muslim sultan (d. 848)
Cyril, Byzantine missionary and bishop (d. 869)
Ibn al-Rawandi, Muslim scholar and writer (d. 911)
Maura of Troyes, Frankish noblewoman and saint (d. 850)

Deaths

January 1 – Adalard of Corbie, Frankish abbot
August 27 – Eugene II, pope of the Catholic Church
October 10 – Valentine, pope of the Catholic Church
Agnello Participazio, doge of Venice
Claudius, archbishop of Turin
Grigol of Kakheti, Georgian prince
Guillemundus, Frankish nobleman
Hildegrim, bishop of Châlons
Jing Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 809)
Li Yi, Chinese poet (or 829)
Ludeca, king of Mercia
Wu Chongyin, Chinese general (b. 761)
Yaoshan Weiyan, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 745)

Births

Abu Dawud, Muslim hadith compiler (or 818)
Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, Muslim governor (or 818)
Pepin, count of Vermandois (approximate date)
Pyinbya, king of Burma (d. 876)

Deaths

January 24 – Stephen IV, pope of the Catholic Church
Grimoald IV, Lombard prince of Benevento
Quriaqos of Tagrit, patriarch of Antioch
Tibraide mac Cethernach, abbot of Clonfert
Theophanes the Confessor, Byzantine monk (or 818)
Wu Yuanji, general of the Tang Dynasty

Births

Dongshan Liangjie, Chinese Buddhist teacher (d. 869)

Deaths

October 13 – Simpert, bishop of Augsburg
Conall mac Taidg, king of the Picts (approximate date)
Cuthred, king of Kent
Robert II, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Stephen the Hymnographer, Syrian monk (b. 725)
Widukind, duke of Saxony (approximate date)

Births

Hincmar, archbishop of Reims (d. 882)
Leuthard II, Frankish count (approximate date)
Ralpacan, king of Tibet (approximate date)

Deaths

February 5 – Kanmu, emperor of Japan (b. 737)
February 11 – Shun Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 761)
February 25 – Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople
July 19 – Li Shigu, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 778)
Grimoald III, Lombard prince of Benevento
Miliduch, prince (knyaz) of the Sorbs (approximate date)
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari, Muslim philosopher (or 796)
Yahya ibn Khalid, Persian vizier of Bagdad

Births

Al-Wathiq, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (d. 847)
Formosus, pope of the Catholic Church (approximate date)
Henjō, Japanese waka poet (d. 890)

Deaths

June 12 – Leo III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 750)
October 28 – Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
Cynan Dindaethwy, king of Gwynedd (Wales)
Fātimah bint Mūsā, Muslim saint (b. 790)
Harthama ibn A'yan, Muslim governor
Hildoard, archbishop of Cambrai
Li He, Chinese poet (b. 790)
Empress Dowager Wang (Xianzong), Chinese empress
Wulfar, archbishop of Reims

Births

January 22 – Montuku, emperor of Japan (d. 858)
November 29 – William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (d. 850)
Al-Mubarrad, Muslim grammarian (d. 898)
Ansgarde of Burgundy, Frankish queen (approximate date)
Cyril, Byzantine missionary and bishop (d. 885)
Doseon, Korean Buddhist monk (d. 898)
Thābit ibn Qurra, Muslim astronomer and physician (d. 901)

Deaths

Ashot I, prince of Iberia (or 830)
Ashot Msaker, prince of Armenia
Bai Xingjian, Chinese poet and writer (b. 776)
Beornwulf, king of Mercia
Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu, Japanese general (b. 775)
Heondeok, king of Silla (Korea)
Li Guangyan, Chinese general (b. 761)
Li Wu, prince of the Tang Dynasty
Theodore the Studite, Byzantine abbot (b. 759)
Wu Yantong, Chinese Buddhist monk
Zhu Kerong, Chinese governor (jiedushi)

Births

Æthelberht, king of Wessex (approximate date)
Al-Musta'in, Muslim caliph (d. 866)
Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent (d. 891)
Ibn al-Rumi, Muslim poet (d. 896)
Luo Hongxin, Chinese warlord (d. 898)
Mihira Bhoja, king of the Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty (d. 885)
Wei Zhuang, Chinese poet (approximate date)

Deaths

March 17 – Haito, bishop of Basel
Adalram, archbishop of Salzburg
Aznar Sánchez, duke of Gascony
Herefrith, bishop of Winchester
Heungdeok, king of Silla (b. 777)
Lambert I, Frankish nobleman
Malamir, ruler of the Bulgarian Empire
Matfrid, Frankish nobleman
Muhammad ibn Idris, emir of Morocco
Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine official
Prosigoj, Serbian prince (approximate date)
Ralpacan, emperor of Tibet (b. 802)
Wala of Corbie, Frankish nobleman
Wang Zhixing, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 758)

Births

November 1 – Louis the Stammerer, king of West Francia (d. 879)
Du Xunhe, Chinese poet (d. 904)
Hasan al-Askari, 11th Shia Imam (d. 874)
Li Yi, Chinese poet (approximate date)
Rollo, Viking leader and count (approximate date)
Wang Chao, Chinese warlord (d. 898)
Zhang Chengye, Chinese eunuch official (d. 922)

Deaths

April 22 – Wu Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 814)
July 29 – Li Shen, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Bai Ju Yi, Chinese poet and official (b. 772)
Dantivarman, king of the Pallava Empire (India)
Ferdomnach, Irish monk and illuminator^[3]
Jang Bogo, Korean maritime hegemon (or 841)
Joannicius the Great, Byzantine theologian (b. 752)
Li Zongmin, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Mojmir I, king of Moravia (approximate date)
Niall Caille, High King of Ireland
Reginbert of Reichenau, German librarian
Seguin II, Frankish nobleman
Wang, concubine of Wu Zong

Births

October 24 – Li Keyong, Shatuo governor (jiedushi) (d. 908)
Li Maozhen, Chinese warlord and king (d. 924)

Deaths

January 7 – Aldric, bishop of Le Mans
February 4 – Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz
August 6 – Fujiwara no Nagara, Japanese statesman (b. 802)
August 16 – Theutbald I, bishop of Langres
Florinus of Remüs, Frankish priest and martyr
Godfrid Haraldsson, Viking chieftain (approximate date)
Guerin, Frankish nobleman (or 845)
Ilyas ibn Asad, Muslim emir (approximate date)
Muhammad I Abu 'l-Abbas, Muslim emir

Births

June 10 – Uda, emperor of Japan (d. 931)
September 19 – Leo VI, Byzantine emperor (d. 912)
Carloman II, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (approximate date)
Robert I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 923)
Savaric I, bishop of Mondoñedo (d. 877)
Yao Yi, chancellor of Later Tang (d. 940)

Deaths

April 21 – Bardas, Byzantine chief minister and regent
May 27 – Ordoño I, king of Asturias
June 21 – Rodulf, Frankish archbishop
July 2 – Robert the Strong, Frankish nobleman
July 16 – Irmgard, Frankish abbess
October 17 – Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph
Adelaide of Tours, Frankish noblewoman
Al-Mu'ayyad, Abbasid prince
Charles the Child, king of Aquitaine
Eberhard, duke of Friuli
Emenon, Frankish nobleman
Hungerus Frisus, bishop of Utrecht
Linji Yixuan, Chinese monk and founder of the Linji school
Liudolf, duke of Saxony
Ranulf I, Frankish nobleman (b. 820)
Robert, Frankish nobleman (b. 834)
Rudolph, Frankish nobleman
Wang Shaoyi, general of the Tang Dynasty

Births

Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (d. 940)
Henry the Fowler, king of Germany (d. 936)
John of Rila, Bulgarian hermit (approximate date)
Lu Wenji, Chinese chancellor (d. 951)
Toda, queen of Pamplona (d. 958)

Deaths

January 31 – Hemma of Altdorf, Frankish queen
August 28 – Louis the German, king of the East Frankish Kingdom
Bagrat I, prince of Iberia (Georgia)
Bodo, Frankish deacon
Conrad I, Frankish nobleman
Conrad II, Frankish nobleman
Domagoj, duke (knyaz) of Croatia
Donatus of Fiesole, Irish bishop
Gurvand, duke ('king') of Brittany
Heiric of Auxerre, Frankish theologian and writer (b. 841)
Hessel Hermana, Frisian governor (approximate date)
Pascweten, duke ('king') of Brittany
Pyinbya, king of Burma (b. 817)
Raganar, Frankish nobleman
Wulfad, Frankish archbishop

Births

Ibn Muqlah, Muslim official and vizier (or 885)
Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto, Japanese poet (approximate date)
Yang Wo, emperor of Wu (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 908)

Deaths

March 9 – Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, Muslim scholar and astrologer (b. 787)
August 29 – Basil I, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. 811)
Adalbert I, Frankish margrave (approximate date)
Airemón mac Áedo, king of Ulaid (Ireland)
Bernard Plantapilosa, Frankish nobleman (b. 841)
Deorlaf, bishop of Hereford (approximate date)
Fiachnae mac Ainbítha, king of Ulaid
Gao Renhou, Chinese general
Henry of Franconia, Frankish general
Heongang, king of Silla (Korea)
Hugh, archbishop of Cologne
Joscelin, archbishop of Paris
Li Quanzhong, Chinese warlord
Li Sigong, Chinese warlord (approximate date)
Lu Yanhong, Chinese warlord
Min Xu, governor of the Tang Dynasty
Muhammad I, Muslim emir of Córdoba (b. 823)
Robert I, Frankish nobleman
Wang Xu, Chinese warlord
Wulgrin I, Frankish nobleman
Zhuge Shuang, Chinese general

Births

Al-Masudi, Muslim historian and geographer (approximate date)
Gyeongsun, king of Silla (Korea) (d. 978)
Liu Hua, Chinese princess and wife of Wang Yanjun (d. 930)

Deaths

January 18 – Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunid Dynasty (b. 864)
April 4 – Formosus, pope of the Catholic Church
April – Boniface VI, pope of the Catholic Church
May 17 – Liu Jianfeng, Chinese warlord
June 1 – Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch
July 3 – Dong Chang, Chinese warlord
Abu 'l-Asakir Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh, Muslim emir
Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Muslim botanist and geographer (b. 815)
Adarnase III, Georgian prince
Anselm II, archbishop of Milan
Berengar II, Frankish nobleman
Cui Zhaowei, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
Flann mac Lonáin, Irish poet
Gerolf of Holland, count of Friesland (or 895)
Ibn al-Rumi, Muslim poet (b. 836)
Klonimir, Serbian prince (approximate date)
Miro the Elder, count of Conflent (Spain)
Rafi ibn Harthama, ruler of Greater Khorasan
Rustam I, ruler of the Bavand Dynasty (Iran)
Sahl al-Tustari, Persian scholar (approximate date)
Sitriuc mac Ímair, king of Dublin
Walfred of Friuli, Lombard nobleman

Births

October 10 – Saga, emperor of Japan (d. 842)
Adelochus, archbishop of Strasbourg (d. 823)
Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, Muslim mathematician (d. 833)
Al-Ma'mun, Muslim caliph (d. 833)
Sahl ibn Bishr, Muslim astrologer (approximate date)
Tachibana no Kachiko, empress of Japan (d. 850)

Deaths

September 14 – Al-Hadi, Muslim caliph (b. 764)
October 16 – Lullus, archbishop of Mainz
Abo of Tiflis, Christian martyr
Al-Rabi' ibn Yunus, Muslim minister (or 785)
Cyneheard the Ætheling, nobleman of Wessex
Cynewulf, king of Wessex
Desiderius, king of the Lombards (approximate date)
Diarmait mac Conaing, king of South Brega (Ireland)
Sakanoue no Karitamaro, Japanese general (b. 727)
Tipraiti mac Taidg, king of Connacht (Ireland)
Empress Wang (Dezong) of China

Births

July 29 – Fujiwara no Norimichi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1075)
Drogo of Mantes, count of Valois and the Vexin (d. 1035)
Elvira Menéndez, queen consort of León (approximate date)
Oda of Meissen, queen consort of Poland (approximate date)

Deaths

March 12 – Odo I (or Eudes), French nobleman
April 1 – John XV, pope of the Catholic Church
October 14 – Al-Aziz Billah, Fatimid caliph (b. 955)
October 24 – Hugh I (Capet), king of France (b. 941)
November 20 – Richard I, duke of Normandy (b. 932)
Abu Talib al-Makki, Shafi'i jurist and hadith scholar
Li Fang, Chinese scholar and encyclopedist (b. 925)
Gilla Pátraic mac Donnchada, king of Osraige (Ireland)
Herman I (the Slender), German nobleman (b. 945)
Ibn Abi Zayd, Muslim imam and scholar (b. 922)
Ki no Tokibumi, Japanese waka poet (b. 922)
Strachkvas, Bohemian prince and chronicler
Takashina no Takako, Japanese female poet

Births

Alan III (de Bretagne), duke of Brittany (d. 1040)
Bertha of Milan, Lombard duchess and regent (approximate date)
Godfrey III, duke of Lower Lorraine (approximate date)
Gusiluo, Tibetan religious leader of Buddhism (d. 1065)
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, Danish noblewoman (approximate date)
Ibn al-Wafid, Andalusian pharmacologist (d. 1074)
Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth (d. 1093)

Deaths

April 23 – Adalbert of Prague, Bohemian bishop
May 8 – Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 939)
July 23 – Nuh II, Samanid emir (b. 963)
August 20 – Conrad I, duke of Swabia
October 6 – Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese samurai (b. 912)
November 29 – Seongjong, Korean king (b. 961)
Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Qutia, Andalusian historian
Constantine III, king of Alba (Scotland)
Géza (or Gejza), Grand Prince of Hungary
Gonzalo Menéndez, Portuguese nobleman
Gonzalo Sánchez, count of Aragon (Spain)
Ibn Battah al-Ukbari, Arab theologian (b. 917)
Idwal ap Meurig, king of Gwynedd (Wales)
Máel Coluim, king of Strathclyde (Scotland)
Waldrada of Tuscany, dogaressa of Venice
Ma'mun I ibn Muhammad, ruler of Khwarezm
Roman, ruler (tsar) of the Bulgarian Empire
Sabuktigin, founder of the Ghaznavid Dynasty
Stephen Držislav (Dirzislaus), king of Croatia
Tailapa II, ruler of the Western Chalukya Empire
Teresa Ansúrez, queen and regent of León

Births

Ibn Abi Hasina, Arab poet and panegyrist (d. 1065)
Mas'ud I, sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (d. 1040)
Muhammad, sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (d. 1041)
Song Qi, Chinese statesman and historian (d. 1061)
Zeng Gongliang, Chinese scholar and writer (d. 1078)

Deaths

July 15 – Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician (b. 940)
July 19 – Damian Dalassenos, Byzantine governor (doux)
August 8 – Seo Hui, Korean politician and diplomat (b. 942)
August 19 – Fujiwara no Sukemasa, Japanese statesman (b. 944)
August 24 – Sisinnius II, patriarch of Constantinople
October 28 – Sigfried, count of the Ardennes (Luxembourg)
Æthelweard, English ealdorman and historian (approximate date)
Koppány (or Cupan), Hungarian nobleman (approximate date)
Landulf of Carcano, Lombard chronicler and archbishop
Nikon the Metanoeite, Byzantine monk and preacher
Samsam al-Dawla, emir of the Buyid Dynasty (b. 963)
Yelü Xiuge, general and politician of the Liao Dynasty

Births

Ali ibn Ridwan, Arab physician and astrologer (d. 1061)
Matilda of Swabia, German noblewoman (d. 1032)
Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1075)
Nōin, Japanese monk and waka poet (d. 1051)
Pang Ji, chancellor of the Song Dynasty (d. 1063)
Shōshi, empress consort of Japan (d. 1074)
Stephen I, king of Croatia (approximate date)
Tilopa, Indian tantric practitioner (d. 1069)

Deaths

February 13 – Adalbert Atto, Lombard nobleman
April 28 – Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
May 6 – Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland
May 19 – Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury (b. 909)
October 7 – Qian Chu, king of Wuyue (d. 929)
Bagrat II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)
Guerech, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Idwal ab Idwal (or Ieuaf), king of Gwynedd (Wales)
Judith of Hungary, queen of Poland (approximate date)
Kalokyros Delphinas, Byzantine general (or 989)
Sumbat II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)
Vigrahapala II, ruler of the Pala Empire (India)
Yelü Sha, Chinese general and statesman

Births

Berno of Reichenau, German abbot (approximate date)
Elvira of Castile, queen consort of León (approximate date)
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Moorish judge and scholar (d. 1071)
Murasaki Shikibu, Japanese poet and lady-in-waiting (or 973)
Wang Zeng, Chinese grand chancellor (approximate date)
Yaroslav I (the Wise), Russian grand prince (d. 1054)
Zoë, Byzantine empress consort (approximate date)

Deaths

February 9 – Luitgarde, duchess consort of Normandy
February 22 – Lambert, count of Chalon (b. 930)
March 18 – Edward II (Martyr), king of England
May 18 – Frederick I, duke of Upper Lorraine
August 15 – Li Yu, ruler ('king') of Southern Tang
December 3 – Abraham, Coptic pope of Alexandria
Aboazar Lovesendes, Portuguese nobleman
Ælfwold I, bishop of Sherborne (approximate date)
Comhaltan Ua Clerigh, king of Hy Fiachrach (Ireland)
Fernando Ansúrez II, count of Monzón and Campos
Fernando Bermúdez, count of Cea (approximate date)
Geirmund the Noisy, Viking adventurer (approximate date)
Gregory, duke of Gaeta (approximate date)
Gyeongsun, king of Silla (Korea) (b. 896)
Ibn Hawqal, Muslim Arab geographer
Lashkari ibn Muhammad, Shaddadid emir
Máel Muad mac Brain, king of Munster (Ireland)
Rogvolod, prince of Polotsk (approximate date)
Yang Guangmei, Chinese general (approximate date)

Births

March 4 – Al-Musabbihi, Fatimid historian (d. 1030)
Fujiwara no Teishi, Japanese empress consort (d. 1001)
Kōkei, Japanese Buddhist monk (approximate date)
Poppo, abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy (d. 1048)

Deaths

March 1 – Rudesind, Galician bishop (b. 907)
November 8 – Ibn al-Qūṭiyya, Andalusian historian
December 20 – Fujiwara no Kanemichi, Japanese statesman (b. 925)
Amlaíb mac Illuilb, king of Alba (Scotland)
Ashot III (the Merciful), king of Armenia
Bisutun, ruler of the Ziyarid Dynasty
Boris II, emperor of the Bulgarian Empire
Dobrawa, duchess consort of the Polans
Gisulf I, prince of Salerno (approximate date)
Guo Zhongshu, Chinese painter and calligrapher
Ivar of Limerick, Norse Viking king
Kamo no Yasunori, Japanese spiritual advisor (b. 917)
Oleg, prince of the Drevlyans
Peter, Byzantine eunuch general
Sideman, bishop of Crediton

Births

November 29 – Kazan, emperor of Japan (d. 1008)
December 21 – Minamoto no Yorinobu, Japanese samurai (d. 1048)
December 23 – Zhen Zong, emperor of the Song Dynasty (d. 1022)
Gisela, French princess and daughter of Hugh Capet (d. 1002)
Pan, Chinese princess and wife of Zhen Zong (d. 989)
Romanos III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1034)

Deaths

March 2 – William, archbishop of Mainz (b. 929)
March 14 – Matilda of Ringelheim, Frankish queen
March 19 – Emma of Paris, duchess of Normandy (b. 943)
April 2 – Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (b. 891)
April 4 – Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab prince and poet (b. 932)
Abu al-Misk Kafur, Ikhshidid vizier of Egypt (b. 905)
Aldred, bishop of Lindisfarne (approximate date)
Al-Muttaqi, Abbasid caliph (b. 908)
Ananias I, catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Bardas Phokas (the Elder), Byzantine general
Eadgifu, wife of Edward the Elder (approximate date)
John III, duke of Naples (approximate date)
Landulf III, prince of Benevento (or 969)
Liu Jun, emperor of Northern Han (b. 926)
Mord Fiddle, Icelandic farmer and law expert
Mumadona Dias, countess of Portugal
Rajendravarman II, ruler of the Khmer Empire
Robert of Vermandois, Frankish nobleman (or 967)
Sun Guangxian, Chinese chief strategist
Sunifred II, Frankish nobleman (b. 915)

Births

Basil II (Bulgar Slayer), Byzantine emperor (d. 1025)
Otto-William, count of Burgundy (approximate date)
Rinchen Zangpo, Tibetan Buddhist monk (d. 1055)
Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire (approximate date)
Vladimir I (the Great), Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1015)
Yang Yanzhao, general of the Song Dynasty (d. 1014)
Yaropolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date)

Deaths

June 2 – Oda (the Good), archbishop of Canterbury
September 17 – Li Jingsui, Chinese prince (b. 920)
September 18 – Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (b. 920)
October 15 – Toda, queen of Pamplona (b. 876)
date unknown
- Ammar ibn Ali al-Kalbi, Fatimid military commander
- Faifne an Filí, Irish poet and ollamh ("professor")
- Finshneachta Ua Cuill, Irish poet
- Fujiwara no Kiyotada, Japanese poet
- Lashkarwarz, Daylamite military commander
- Mastalus II, duke and patrician of Amalfi (Italy)
- Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto, Japanese waka poet
- Qingliang Wenyi, Chinese Buddhist monk
- Sumbat I, king of Iberia (Georgia)
probable
- Drogo, duke of Brittany^[3]
- Gorm the Old, king of Denmark^[4]
- Births
- Fujiwara no Junshi, Japanese empress consort (d. 1017)
- Fujiwara no Kinsue, Japanese statesman (d. 1029)
- Fujiwara no Sanesuke, Japanese nobleman (d. 1046)
- Fujiwara no Yoshikane, Japanese nobleman (d. 1021)
- Lu Zhen, Chinese scholar-official (approximate date)
- Wang Dan, Chinese politician and Grand Chancellor (d. 1017)
Deaths
January 16 – Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i, Tulunid vizier (b. 871)
June 14 – Guadamir, bishop of Vic (Spain)
September 6 – Liudolf, duke of Swabia
date unknown
- Arinjaya, king of the Chola Kingdom (India)
- Istakhri, Persian traveler and geographer
- Marzuban ibn Muhammad, Sallarid ruler^[2]
- Ruzbahan, Buyid tax collector and general
- Wilfred II, count of Besalú (Spain)^[3]
- Births
- September 1 – Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 982)
- December 22 – Gang Gam-chan, Korean official and general (d. 1031)
- Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Twelver Shia theologian (approximate date)
- Baba Kuhi of Shiraz, Persian Sufi mystic and writer (d. 1037)
- Emma of Italy, queen of the West Frankish Kingdom (approximate date)
- Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Japanese nobleman (d. 1021)
Deaths
June 15 – Romanos I, Byzantine emperor (b. c. 870)
March 10 – Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han (b. 895)
March 13 – Du Chongwei, Chinese general and governor
April 28 – Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
August 24 – Zhang Ye, Chinese general and chancellor
November 10 – Zhao Yanshou, Chinese general and governor
December 1 – Gao Conghui, prince and ruler of Jingnan (b. 891)
December 12 – Li Song, Chinese official and chancellor
Al-Qasim Guennoun, Idrisid ruler and sultan
Blácaire mac Gofraid, Viking king of Dublin
Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna, Irish queen
Ibrahim ibn Simjur, Samanid governor
Minamoto no Kintada, Japanese waka poet (b. 889)
Sunifred II, count of Urgell (Spain) (b. c. 870)

Births

Al-Qadir, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (d. 1031)
Fujiwara no Koshi, Japanese empress (d. 979)
Raja Raja Chola I, king of Chola Kingdom (d. 1014)

Deaths

January 12 – Sang Weihan, Chinese chief of staff (b. 898)
January 27 – Zhang Yanze, Chinese general and governor
January 28 – Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (b. 892)
May 18 – Tai Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 902)
May 30 – Ma Xifan, king of Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 899)
June 21 – Zhang Li, official of the Liao Dynasty
June 22 – Qian Hongzuo, king of Wuyue (b. 928)
June 23
- Li Congyi, prince of Later Tang (b. 931)
- Wang, imperial consort of Later Tang
August 19 – Abu Yazid, Kharijite Berber leader (b. 873)
November 23 – Berthold, duke of Bavaria
Ce Acatl Topiltzin, Toltec ruler (approximate date)
Hugh of Arles, king of Italy and Lower Burgundy
Jordi, bishop of Vic (Spain) (approximate date)
Li Renda, Chinese warlord and governor
Liu Xu, chancellor of Later Tang and Later Jin (b. 888)
Wulfgar, bishop of Lichfield (approximate date)

Births

September 14 – Sahib ibn Abbad, Buyid grand vizier (d. 995)
Almanzor, Umayyad vizier and de facto ruler (approximate date)
Beatrice of France, duchess regent of Upper Lorraine (approximate date)
García Fernández, count of Castile and Álava (approximate date)
Olaf the Peacock, Icelandic merchant and chieftain (approximate date)
Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)
Sancho II, king of Navarre (approximate date)

Deaths

February 3 – Zhou Ben, general of Wu (b. 962)
July 28 – Thankmar, half-brother of Otto I (during the Siege of Eresburg)
Lady Ise, Japanese noblewoman and poet (approximate date)
Lady Peng, noblewoman of Chu (Ten Kingdoms)
Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Khara'iti, Abbasid theologian
Shen Song, chancellor of Wuyue (b. 863)

Births

Attilanus, bishop of Zamora (d. 1007)
Bagrat II, king of Iberia and Kartli (d. 994)
Gu Hongzhong, Chinese painter (d. 975)
Haakon Sigurdsson, Viking ruler (d. 995)
Khalaf ibn Ahmad, Saffarid emir (d. 1009)
Li Yu, ruler of Southern Tang (approximate date)
Meng Xuanzhe, prince of Later Shu (d. 991)
William IV, duke of Aquitaine (d. 994)

Deaths

January 11
- Cao, empress of Later Tang
- Li Chongmei, prince of Later Tang
- Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang (b. 885)
- Liu, empress of Later Tang
January 14 – Zhang Yanlang, Chinese official
July 11 – Rudolph II, king of Burgundy
July 14 – Arnulf I, duke of Bavaria
October 10 – Wang Lingmou, chancellor of Wu
December 3 – Siegfried, Frankish nobleman
Ælfwine, bishop of Lichfield (approximate date)
Abbo, adviser and bishop of Soissons
Alphege, bishop of Wells (approximate date)
David II, king of Iberia/Kartli (Georgia)
David ibn Merwan, Jewish philosopher
Dubacan of Angus, Scottish nobleman
Ermengol, Frankish nobleman (b. 870)
Gebeachan, king of the Isles (Hebrides)
Liu Yanhao, general of Later Tang
Marozia, Roman noblewoman (b. 890)
Tidhelm, bishop of Hereford (approximate date)
Xu Jingqian, official and regent of Wu (b. 919)
Yang Meng, prince of Wu (Ten Kingdoms)
Yelü Bei, prince of the Liao Dynasty (b. 899)
Zhao Dejun, general of Later Tang

Births

September 24 – 'Adud al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Dynasty (d. 983)
Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi, Muslim physician and surgeon (d. 1013)
Gunnor, duchess consort of Normandy (approximate date)
Zhou ("the Elder"), queen consort of Southern Tang (approximate date)

Deaths

February 13 – Xiao Wen, empress of the Liao Dynasty
July 2 – Henry the Fowler, king of the East Frankish Kingdom
July 5 – Xu Ji, official and chancellor of Former Shu
September 17 – Unni, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
September 27 – Gyeon Hwon, king of Hubaekje (b. 867)
December 25 – Zhang Jingda, general of Later Tang
Abu Bakr ibn Mujāhid, Muslim canonical reader and scholar
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, Muslim Shafi'i scholar (b. 874)
Al-Muntakhab al-Hasan, ruler of the Rassid Dynasty
Andrew of Constantinople, Byzantine saint
Gagik I of Vaspurakan, Armenian king (or 943)
Ibn al-Mughallis, Muslim theologian and jurist
Murchadh mac Sochlachan, king of Uí Maine (Ireland)
Rudolph I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom

Births

August 14 – Qian Hongzuo, king of Wuyue (d. 947)
Dub mac Maíl Coluīm, king of Scotland (d. 967)
Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (d. 987)
Qian Hongzong, king of Wuyue (d. 971)
Shi Shouxin, Chinese general (d. 984)

Deaths

January 20 – Zhao Guangfeng, Chinese official and chancellor
June 5 – Louis the Blind, Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor
July 18 – Stephen II, patriarch of Constantinople
November 8 – Duan Ning, Chinese general
Al-Layth ibn Ali ibn al-Layth, Saffarid emir
Diogo Fernandes, count of Portugal
Huo Yanwei, Chinese general (b. 872)
Ishanavarman II, king of the Khmer Empire
John X, pope of the Catholic Church
Siyahchashm, Justanid ruler (mahdi)
Tomislav, duke and king of Croatia
Wang, empress dowager of Wu
Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj, Sajid emir
Zhang Juhan, Chinese official (b. 858)

Births

March 21 – Taizu, emperor of the Song Dynasty (d. 976)
Amlaíb Cuarán, Viking king of Scandinavian York (d. 981)
Choe Seungno, Korean politician and poet (d. 989)
Fantinus, Italian hermit and abbot (approximate date)
Fujiwara no Anshi, empress consort of Japan (d. 964)

Deaths

January 13 – Berno of Cluny, Frankish monk and abbot
January 14 – Wang Yanhan, king of Min (Ten Kingdoms)
May 27 – Simeon I, emperor (tsar) of the Bulgarian Empire
August 24
- Doulu Ge, chancellor of Later Tang
- Wei Shuo, chancellor of Later Tang
September 14 – Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot
November 7 – Zhu Shouyin, general of Later Tang
November 20 – Xu Wen, general and regent of Wu (b. 862)
Abdallah ibn Muhammad, Abbasid vizier (or 926)
Gyeongae, king (55th ruler) of Silla (Korea)
Ha-Mim, Moroccan prophet and messenger of Islam
Ibn al-Dahhak, Kurdish chieftain (approximate date)
Miró II, count of Cerdanya and Besalú (Spain)
Ren Huan, general and chancellor of Later Tang
Shin Sung-gyeom, Korean general (Three Kingdoms)
Sigtrygg Cáech, Viking king of Scandinavian York
Zhang Ge, politician and chancellor of Former Shu

Births

July 14 – Murakami, emperor of Japan (d. 967)
Gao Huaide, Chinese general (approximate date)
Liu Jun, emperor of Northern Han (d. 968)
Ordoño III, king of León (approximate date)
Ordoño IV, king of León (approximate date)

Deaths

January 8 – Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury
March 9 – Zhu Youqian, Chinese warlord
April 29 – Burchard II, duke of Swabia
May 15 – Zhuang Zong, emperor of Later Tang (b. 885)
May 26 – Yuan Xingqin, Chinese general
May 28
- Kong Qian, official of Later Tang
- Li Jiji, prince of Later Tang
September 6 – Abaoji (Taizu), emperor of the Khitan Empire
December 12, William II, duke of Aquitaine
Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khaqani, Abbasid vizier (or 927)
Alogobotur, Bulgarian nobleman (approximate date)
Ero Fernández, Galician magnate (approximate date)
Guo Chongtao, general of Later Tang
Jin Feishan, empress of Former Shu
Kang Yanxiao, Chinese general
Liu, empress and wife of Zhuang Zong
Pelagius of Córdoba, Christian martyr
Wang Zongyan, emperor of Former Shu (b. 899)
Wiborada, Swabian anchoress and martyr
Xu, empress dowager of Former Shu
Zhang Quanyi, Chinese warlord (b. 852)
Births
July 14 – Murakami, emperor of Japan (d. 967)
Gao Huaide, Chinese general (approximate date)
Liu Jun, emperor of Northern Han (d. 968)
Ordoño III, king of León (approximate date)
Ordoño IV, king of León (approximate date)

Deaths

January 8 – Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury
March 9 – Zhu Youqian, Chinese warlord
April 29 – Burchard II, duke of Swabia
May 15 – Zhuang Zong, emperor of Later Tang (b. 885)
May 26 – Yuan Xingqin, Chinese general
May 28
- Kong Qian, official of Later Tang
- Li Jiji, prince of Later Tang
September 6 – Abaoji (Taizu), emperor of the Khitan Empire
December 12, William II, duke of Aquitaine
Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khaqani, Abbasid vizier (or 927)
Alogobotur, Bulgarian nobleman (approximate date)
Ero Fernández, Galician magnate (approximate date)
Guo Chongtao, general of Later Tang
Jin Feishan, empress of Former Shu
Kang Yanxiao, Chinese general
Liu, empress and wife of Zhuang Zong
Pelagius of Córdoba, Christian martyr
Wang Zongyan, emperor of Former Shu (b. 899)
Wiborada, Swabian anchoress and martyr
Xu, empress dowager of Former Shu
Zhang Quanyi, Chinese warlord (b. 852)

Births

September 20 – Kyunyeo, Korean poet (d. 973)
Ibn Battah al-Ukbari, Arab theologian (d. 997)
Kamo no Yasunori, Japanese spiritual advisor (d. 977)
Theophylactus, patriarch of Constantinople (d. 956)

Deaths

January 21 – Erchanger, East Frankish nobleman
August 5 – Euthymius I, patriarch of Constantinople
August 20 – Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral
Al-'Abbas ibn 'Amr al-Ghanawi, Abbasid governor
Augaire mac Ailella, king of Leinster (Ireland)
Frederuna, West Frankish queen (b. 887)
Guthrum II, king of East Anglia (England)
Hasan al-Utrush, emir of Tabaristan (Iran)
Nicholas Picingli, Byzantine general
Petar Gojniković, Serbian prince
Radboud, archbishop of Utrecht
Sindeok, king of Silla (Korea)
Yahya IV, sultan of Morocco

Births

November 26 – Rudesind, Galician bishop (d. 977)
Bertha of Swabia, Frankish queen (approximate date)
Parantaka I, ruler of the Chola Kingdom (India)
Robert of Vermandois, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia (approximate date)

Deaths

May 2 – Boris I, ruler (knyaz) of the Bulgarian Empire
July 4
- Dietmar I, archbishop of Salzburg
- Luitpold, margrave of Bavaria
Alan I, duke ('king') of Brittany
Árpád, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (approximate date)
Herbert I, Frankish nobleman
Isma'il ibn Ahmad, emir of the Samanid Empire
Radelchis II, Lombard prince
Rudesind I, bishop of Dumium (Spain)

Births

June 21 – Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (d. 963)
Abu Tahir al-Jannabi, Qarmatian ruler (d. 944)
Fujiwara no Atsutada, Japanese nobleman (d. 943)
Guan Tong, Chinese landscape painter (approximate date)
Liu Congxiao, Chinese general (d. 962)
Majolus of Cluny, Frankish abbot (approximate date)
Nasr II, Samanid emir (d. 943)
Sherira Gaon, Jewish spiritual leader (d. 1006)

Deaths

January 22 – He, empress of the Tang Dynasty
January 27 – Liu Can, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
February 27 – Conrad the Elder, Frankish nobleman
September 9 – Adalbert von Babenberg, Frankish nobleman
Acfred I, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Dae Wihae, king of Balhae (Korea)
Tughj ibn Juff, Abbasid governor
Zhong Chuan, Chinese warlord

Births

December 7 – Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (d. 1049)
Bolesław I (the Brave), king of Poland (d. 1025)
Gothelo I, duke of Lorraine (approximate date)
Lin Bu, Chinese poet and calligrapher (d. 1028)
Vahram Pahlavouni, prince of Bjni (Armenia) (d. 1045)
Walter of Speyer, German bishop and poet (d. 1027)

Deaths

February 9 – Sayf al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir (b. 916)
April 8 – Mu'izz al-Dawla, Buyid emir (b. 915)
May 10 – Renaud of Roucy, Viking nobleman
July 5 – Murakami, emperor of Japan (b. 926)
September 22 – Wichmann II, Frankish nobleman
October 20 – Li Yixing, Chinese governor
Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Umayyad historian (b. 897)
Abu 'Ali Muhammad ibn Ilyas, Ilyasid emir
Aleramo di Savona, marquess of Montferrat
Al-Qabisi, Hamdanid astrologer (approximate date)
Ashot III, prince of Taron (approximate date)
Boleslaus I (the Cruel), duke of Bohemia (or 972)
Dub mac Maíl Coluīm, king of Alba (Scotland)
Fergal ua Ruairc, king of Connacht (Ireland)
Hugh II (the Kind), lord of Lusignan
Krishna III, ruler of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Li Cheng, Chinese painter (b. 919)
Robert of Vermandois, Frankish nobleman (or 968)
Vushmgir, Ziyarid emir (approximate date)
Wahsudan ibn Muhammad, Sallarid emir
Yan Xu, Chinese chancellor (b. 910)

Births

Al-Mahdi al-Husayn, Zaidi imam of Yemen (d. 1013)
Ibn Hayyan, Moorish writer and historian (d. 1075)
Li, imperial consort of the Song Dynasty (d. 1032)
Liu Yong, Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty (d. 1053)

Deaths

January 10 – Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (b. 928)
March 30 – Arnulf II (the Younger), Frankish nobleman
May 21 – Louis V, king of the West Frankish Kingdom
July 21 – Geoffrey I (Greymantle), Frankish nobleman
November 16 – Shen Lun, Chinese scholar-official
Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali, Ikhshidid governor
Adalbert I, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Beatrice of France, duchess regent of Upper Lorraine
Erluin I, Frankish Benedictine monk and abbot
Otto I (or Eudes), Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Owain ap Hywel Dda, king of Deheubarth (Wales)
Severus ibn al-Muqaffa, Coptic Orthodox bishop
Střezislava, Bohemian noblewoman (approximate date)
Ziyar ibn Shahrakuya, Buyid general (approximate date)

Births

Al-Qushayri, Persian Sufi scholar and theologian (d. 1072)
Æthelstan Ætheling, son of Æthelred II (the Unready) (d. 1014)
Bezprym (or Besfrim), duke of Poland (approximate date)
Constance of Arles, French queen (approximate date)
Lê Long Đĩnh, emperor of the Lê Dynasty (d. 1009)
Poppo, archbishop of Trier (approximate date)
Reginald I, count palatine of Burgundy (d. 1057)

Deaths

March 2 – Lothair III, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (b. 941)
May 25 – Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer (b. 903)
August 15 – Minnborinus, Irish missionary and abbot
Æthelstan Mannessune, English landowner (approximate date)
Bahram ibn Ardashir al-Majusi, Buyid official and general
Bobo, Frankish warrior and pilgrim (approximate date)
Cadwallon ab Ieuaf, king of Gwynedd (Wales)
Harold II (Bluetooth), king of Denmark and Norway
Mór ingen Donnchadha, Irish queen (approximate date)
Yang Ye, Chinese general and governor (jiedushi)

Births

February 5 – Sanjō, emperor of Japan (d. 1017)
Izumi Shikibu, Japanese poet (approximate date)

Deaths

January 10 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor
May 11 – Henry I (the Bald), German nobleman
June 13 – Mansur I, emir of the Samanid Empire
June 14
- Aron, Bulgarian nobleman
- David, Bulgarian nobleman
- Moses, Bulgarian nobleman
June 29 – Gero, archbishop of Cologne
October 8 – Helen of Zadar, queen of Croatia
October 16 – Al-Hakam II, Umayyad caliph (b. 915)
November 14 – Taizu, Chinese emperor (b. 927)
Al-Mansur Yahya, Zaidi scholar and imam
Isarn, bishop of Grenoble (approximate date)
Kvirike II, Georgian prince and chorbishop
Madame Huarui, Chinese concubine and poet
Mathgamain mac Cennétig, king of Munster
Pietro IV Candiano, doge of Venice
Rukn al-Dawla, Buyid general and emir
Sun Taizhen, queen of Wuyue (Ten Kingdoms)
Theodoric I, German nobleman (approximate date)
Ali ibn Muhammad al-Iyadi, Arabic poet.

Births

Æthelred II (the Unready), king of England (approximate date)
Ali al-Sulayhi, sultan of Yemen, Tihamah and Mecca (d. 1066)
Ding Wei, grand chancellor of the Song Dynasty (d. 1037)
Fujiwara no Kintō, Japanese poet and bureaucrat (d. 1041)
Fujiwara no Michinaga, Japanese nobleman (d. 1028)
Gerberga of Burgundy, duchess of Swabia (or 965)
Heonjeong, queen of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 992)
Hisham II, caliph of Córdoba (Spain) (d. 1013)
Kenneth III, king of Scotland (approximate date)
Louis V, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 987)
Lu Zongdao, Chinese official (approximate date)
Sei Shōnagon, Japanese poet and court lady (approximate date)

Deaths

January 19 – Fujiwara no Asatada, Japanese nobleman (b. 910)
February 9 – Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (b. 894)
March 28 – Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler
August 4 – Berengar II, margrave and king of Italy
December 19 – Sancho I, king of León (Spain)
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim, Samanid governor
Abu'l-Hasan Ali, Ikhshidid governor
Bagrat II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)
Bertha of Swabia, Frankish queen consort
Cormac ua Cillín, abbot of Tuamgraney (Ireland)
John VII, patriarch of Jerusalem (Israel)
Li Shengtian, king of Khotan (China)
Nako, Obotrite prince (approximate date)
Rashiq al-Nasimi, Hamdanid governor
Sergius I, duke of Amalfi (Italy)

Births

Siegfried II, count of Stade (d. 1037)
probable
- Adalbert of Prague, Bohemian bishop (approximate date)
- Sampiro, Spanish bishop (approximate date)

Deaths

February 15 – Su Yugui, Chinese chancellor (b. 895)
February 27 – Theophylact, Byzantine patriarch (b. 917)
April 8 – Gilbert, duke of Burgundy
April 15 – Lin Yanyu, Chinese court official and eunuch
May 19 – Robert, archbishop of Trier
June 4 – Muhammad III of Shirvan, Muslim ruler
June 16 – Hugh the Great, Frankish nobleman (b. 898)
July/August – Fulbert of Cambrai, bishop^[4]
August – Ordoño III, king of León^[5]
August 29 – Fu (the Elder), Chinese empress consort
September/October – Al-Masudi, Muslim historian and geographer^[6]
December 21 – Sun Sheng, Chinese chancellor
December 26 – Wulfstan, archbishop of York^[7]
date unknown
- Ahmad al-Muhajir, Muslim scholar and imam (b. 873)
- Congalach Cnogba, High King of Ireland
- Gandaraditya, ruler of Chola Kingdom
- Zhao Hongyin, Chinese general
Births
June 22 – Sayf al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir (d. 967)
Theodoric I, German nobleman (approximate date)
Yuan Zong, emperor of Southern Tang (d. 961)

Deaths

March 27 – Alduin I, Frankish nobleman
May 25 – Flann Sinna, king of Meath
Anarawd ap Rhodri, king of Gwynedd
Bencion, Frankish nobleman
Clement of Ohrid, Bulgarian scholar
Ge Congzhou, Chinese general
Mór ingen Cearbhaill, queen of Laigin
Tighearnach ua Cleirigh, king of Aidhne
Theodora, Roman politician
Theodoric I, bishop of Paderborn
Ziyadat Allah III, Aghlabid emir

Births

Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (d. 980)

Deaths

January 21 – Liu Zhijun, Chinese general
June 12 – Æthelflæd, lady of Mercia (b. c.870)^[1]
July 6 – William I, duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
September 10 – Baldwin II, Frankish margrave
October 1 – Zhou, empress of Former Shu
December 23 – Conrad I, Frankish king
Gung Ye, king of Hu Goguryeo (Korea)
Husayn ibn Hamdan, Abbasid general
Lady Ren Neiming, Chinese noblewoman (b. 865)
Miyoshi Kiyotsura, Japanese scholar (b. 847)
Ottir (the Black), Norse Viking chieftain
Tan Quanbo, Chinese warlord (approximate date)
Wang Jian, emperor of Former Shu (b. 847)
Xu Zhixun, Chinese governor and regent
Zhu Jin, Chinese warlord (b. 867)

Births

Al-Muttaqi, Abbasid caliph (d. 968)
Guo Chong, Chinese general (approximate date)
Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Abbasid mathematician (d. 946)
Kiyohara no Motosuke, Japanese nobleman (d. 990)
Thankmar, Frankish prince (approximate date)

Deaths

February 23 – Li Keyong, Shatuo governor (b. 856)
March 25 – Li Kening, Chinese general
March 26 – Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)
April 25 – Zhang Wenwei, Chinese chancellor
May 1 – Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender
June 9 – Yang Wo, emperor of Wu (b. 886)
June 18 – Zhang Hao, Chinese general
August 3
- Burchard, duke of Thuringia
- Egino, duke of Thuringia
- Rudolf I, bishop of Würzburg
August 13 – Al-Muktafi, Abbasid caliph
September 13 – Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king of Munster (Ireland)
December 17
- Al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i, Abbasid vizier
- Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abbasid poet (b. 861)
Blaise of Amorion, Byzantine monk and missionary
Cléirchén mac Murchadh, king of Maigh Seóla (Ireland)
Denewulf, bishop of Winchester
Li Sijian, Chinese warlord and governor
Remigius of Auxerre, Frankish scholar
Wang Shifan, Chinese warlord (b. 874)
Xuefeng Yicun, Chinese Chan master (b. 822)