He is succeeded by his brother Go-Sanjō as the 71st emperor of Japan. By topic Geology March 18 – An earthquake affects the Near East, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shock has a magnitude greater than 7, and leaves about 20,000 people dead. Births August 1 – Taizu (Aguda), emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 1123) Abu al-Salt, Moorish astronomer and polymath (approximate date) Ermengarde of Anjou, duchess of Aquitaine and Brittany (d. 1146) Haakon Magnusson (Toresfostre), king of Norway (d. 1095) Henry I, king of England (approximate date) (d. 1135) Peter I, king of Aragon (approximate date) Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl Derby (d. 1139) Deaths January 11 – Egbert I, margrave of Meissen May 22 – Go-Reizei, emperor of Japan (b. 1025) November 10 – Agnes of Burgundy, duchess of Aquitaine Abulchares, Byzantine general and catepan Ali ibn Yusuf al-Ilaqi, Persian physician Argyrus, Lombard nobleman and general Böritigin, ruler of Transoxiana (Kara-Khanid Khanate) Choe Chung, Korean Confucian scholar (b. 984) Eadnoth the Constable, English landowner Ephraim ibn al-Za'faran, Jewish physician Ralph the Staller, English nobleman William IV (or Guillem), French nobleman William of Montreuil, Italo-Norman duke Yi Zong, emperor of Western Xia (b. 1047) Vijayaditya VI, king of the Eastern Chalukyas (unconfirmed) References