cloth from Khurasan, is made. It is preserved in the Abbey of Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, near Caen (Normandy) (approximate date). Religion The Tiger Hill Pagoda (or Huqui Tower) is built in the city of Suzhou, located in Jiangsu Province (Eastern China). Tavistock Abbey is founded by Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon, in England. Births January 15 – Seongjong, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 997) Al-Tha'alibi, Persian historian and writer (d. 1038) Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (the Younger), Frankish nobleman (or 960) Edith of Wilton, English princess and nun (approximate date) Fujiwara no Michikane, Japanese nobleman (d. 995) Kou Zhun, Chinese Grand chancellor (approximate date) Mahendradatta, queen of Bali (Indonesia) (d. 1011) Pietro II Orseolo, Doge of Venice (d. 1009) Ramiro III, king of León (Spain) (d. 985) Sigmundur Brestisson, Viking chieftain (d. 1005) Deaths July 17 – Du, empress dowager of the Song dynasty August 12 – Li Jing, emperor of Southern Tang (b. 916) September 19 – Helena Lekapene, Byzantine empress October 1 – Artald, archbishop of Reims October 15 – Abd al-Rahman III, caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Malik I, Samanid emir (b. 944) Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid, Ikhshidid ruler Adarnase V, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia) Atto of Vercelli, Lombard bishop (b. 885) Ava of Cerdanya, countess regent of Cerdanya and Besalú Butuga II, ruler of the Western Ganga Dynasty (India) Fujiwara no Masatada, Japanese poet Haakon the Good, king of Norway Landulf II of Benevento (the Red), Lombard prince Li Tao, Chinese chancellor (approximate date) Minamoto no Tsunemoto, Japanese samurai (b. 894) Raymond II of Rouergue, Frankish nobleman (approximate date) William II, Marquess of Montferrat, Frankish nobleman (approximate date) References