The Dagome iudex, a document which enumerates the possessions of Mieszko I, is written and entrusted to Pope John XV, who places the Polish territories under papal protection. Mount Vesuvius erupts. Births Airlangga, ruler (rajah) of Kahuripan (Indonesia) (d. 1049) Guido Monaco, Italian monk and music theorist (or 992) Pons II (or Pons William), count of Toulouse (d. 1060) Yan Shu, Chinese statesman and poet (d. 1055) Deaths March 1 – En'yū, emperor of Japan (b. 959) April 2 – Bardas Skleros, Byzantine general April 4 – Reginold, bishop of Eichstätt May 11 – Heriward, Frankish abbot May 20 – Piligrim, bishop of Passau August 11 – Byrhtnoth, ealdorman of Essex Aleramo, marquess of Montferrat and Liguria Al-Muqaddasi, Arab Muslim geographer Ashot-Sahak, king of Vaspurakan (Armenia) Bakjur, Hamdanid mercenary and governor Gausfred I, count of Empúries and Roussillon Ibn Babawayh, Persian Shi'ite scholar Meng Xuanzhe, prince of Later Shu (b. 937) Nakatsukasa, Japanese waka poet (b. 912) Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu, Japanese nobleman (b. 921) Pan Mei, Chinese general and statesman Qian Weijun, king of Wuyue (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 955) Sa'd al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir (b. 952) Suero Gundemáriz, Spanish nobleman Taira no Kanemori, Japanese nobleman Ya'qub ibn Killis, Fatimid vizier (b. 930) References Sources