Sermo Lupi ad Anglos ("Wulf's Address to the English"), describing the Danes as "God's judgement on England". Births May 11 – Anawrahta, founder of the Pagan Empire (Burma) (d. 1077) Al-Bakri, Andalusian historian and geographer (d. 1094) Cynan ab Iago, king of Gwynedd (approximate date) Iestyn ap Gwrgant, king of Morgannwg (d. 1093) Deaths February 3 – Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and England (b. 960) February 9 – Yang Yanzhao, general of the Song dynasty April 23 – Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru, High King of Ireland Carnen Ua Cadhla, Irish nobleman Mathghamhain, Irish nobleman Murchad mac Briain, Irish nobleman Sigurd the Stout, Viking nobleman (earl) Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh, king of Uí Maine May 7 – Bagrat III, king of Abkhazia (Georgia) June 25 – Æthelstan Ætheling, son of Æthelred the Unready August – Pandulf II ("the Old"), prince of Benevento and Capua October 6 – Samuel, emperor (tsar) of the Bulgarian Empire November 11 – Werner, margrave of the North March November 26 – Swanehilde, German noblewoman Abu'l-Abbas ibn al-Furat, Fatimid vizier (or 1015) Al-Hakim Nishapuri, Persian Sunni scholar (b. 933) Brithwine I, bishop of Sherborne (approximate date) Giselbert I, count of Roussillon (Spain) (or 1013) Lu Zhen, Chinese scholar-official and diplomat Raja Raja Chola I, king of the Chola dynasty (India) Rotbold II, margrave of Provence (approximate date) Theophylact Botaneiates, Byzantine general and governor Wulfnoth Cild, English nobleman (approximate date) References Sources