of Sweden (approximate date) Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1002) Sviatopolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date) Tancred of Hauteville, Norman nobleman (d. 1041) Theodora Porphyrogenita, Byzantine empress (d. 1056) Xuedou Chongxian, Chinese Buddhist monk (d. 1052) Deaths February 15 – Berthold, German nobleman (approximate date) September 28 – Minamoto no Hiromasa, Japanese nobleman (b. 918) Dado (or Dodon), Italian nobleman (approximate date) Domnall ua Néill (or Donal O'Neill), High King of Ireland Eoghan Ua Cathain, abbot of Clonfert (Ireland) Gunnhild, Norwegian Viking queen (approximate date) Ibn Khalawayh, Persian scholar and grammar (or 981) Liu Chang, emperor of Southern Han (b. 942) Yaropolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date) References