abbot (d. 927) Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (d. 929) He Gui, general of Later Liang (d. 919) Lady Wu, wife of Qian Liu (d. 919) Liu Xun, general of Later Liang (d. 921) Mansur al-Hallaj, Persian mystic writer (d. 922) Niftawayh, Muslim scholar and grammarian (d. 935) Richard, duke of Burgundy (approximate date) Rudaki, Persian poet (approximate date) Tian Jun, Chinese warlord (d. 903) Zhang Juhan, official of Later Liang (d. 928) Deaths January 13 – Æthelwulf, king of Wessex February 13 – Kenneth I, king of Scotland (b. 810) April 17 – Benedict III, pope of the Catholic Church Leuthard II, Frankish count (or 869) Li Shangyin, Chinese official and poet Liu Zhuan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 796) Theodosius, patriarch of the Church of the East Wei Mo, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 793) References