Fez (modern-day Morocco). Japan July 5 – Emperor Murakami dies after a 21-year reign. He is succeeded by his 17-year-old son Reizei, who is insane and becomes the 63rd emperor of Japan. By topic Religion Otto I completes and dedicates a new cathedral at Magdeburg in Saxony. Like other imperial churches of the period, it includes a westwork – a structure attached to the entrance wall and outfitted with galleries. Otto makes Magdeburg a base for missionary efforts to convert the Slavs to the east. The patron saint of the city is Mauritius, who, as a military leader fighting for Christianity against pagan armies, shares affinities with Otto himself. Re-foundation of Romsey Abbey in Hampshire by King Edgar I (the Peaceful). He appoints Merewenna, an English noblewoman, as abbess who becomes a foster mother to Princess Ælfflæd (a step-daughter of Edgar). April 22 – The Cambodian temple Banteay Srei is consecrated and dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. 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) References