XVIII dies after a pontificate of 5-years. He is succeeded by Sergius IV as the 142nd pope of the Catholic Church. August 29 – Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration. October 18 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. Births May 22 – Su Xun, Chinese writer (d. 1066) December 14 – Atsunaga, future Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) Adèle of France, countess of Flanders (d. 1079) Ali Hariri, Marwanid poet and philosopher (d. 1079) George the Hagiorite, Georgian calligrapher (d. 1065) Qatran Tabrizi, Persian poet and writer (d. 1072) Toirdelbach Ua Briain, king of Munster (d. 1086) Yusuf ibn Tashfin, sultan of Morocco (d. 1106) Deaths February 14 – Bruno of Querfurt, German missionary bishop March 2 – Mokjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 980) March 3 – Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Umayyad chief minister (b. 983) June or July – John XVIII, pope of the Catholic Church August 21 – Tomohira, Japanese imperial prince (uncle of the emperor) November 13 – Dedo I, German nobleman (b. 950) December 25 – Bernard William, French nobleman Abu al-Hasan Ali, Ma'munid ruler of Khwarezm (Iran) Abu Muhammad Lu'lu' al-Kabir, emir of Aleppo (Syria) Fujiwara no Nagatō, Japanese bureaucrat and poet (b. 949) Ibn Yunus, Fatimid astronomer and mathematician Khalaf ibn Ahmad, emir of the Saffarid Dynasty (b. 937) Lê Long Đĩnh, emperor of the Lê Dynasty (b. 986) Pietro II Orseolo, doge of Venice (b. 961) Xiao Yanyan, Chinese Khitan empress (b. 953) References