to surrender, when invaded by armies of the Song Dynasty. By topic Religion November 6 – Synod of Rome: Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica. John XII is deposed on charges that he has conducted himself dishonorably and instigated an armed rebellion against Otto. December 6 – Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome – a reign with the concurrently deposed John XII. The Monastery of Great Lavra at Mount Athos (northeastern Greece) is founded by the Byzantine monk Athanasius the Athonite. Births March 13 – Anna Porphyrogenita, Grand Princess of Kiev (d. 1011) Edith of Wilton, English princess and abbess (approximate date) Li Jiqian, Chinese governor and rebel leader (d. 1004) Nuh II, emir of the Samanid Dynasty (Iran) (d. 997) Samsam al-Dawla, Buyid emir (approximate date) Snorri Goði, Icelandic Viking chieftain (d. 1031) Deaths March 15 – Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (b. 938) March 31 – Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (b. 906) April 3 – William III, duke of Aquitaine (b. 915) April 10 – Oda of Metz, German noblewoman April 16 – William I, German nobleman April 18 – Stephen Lekapenos, Byzantine co-emperor August 16 – Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general Abu Muhammad al-Hasan, Buyid vizier Alp-Tegin, Samanid commander-in-chief Donnchad mac Cellacháin, king of Munster (Ireland) Fothad I, bishop of St. Andrews (approximate date) Goltregoda, Frankish countess and regent (b. 920) Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter, Viking noblewoman John II, duke of Gaeta (Italy) (approximate date) Michael Maleinos, Byzantine monk (approximate date) Ordoño IV (the Bad), king of León (or 962) Rudolfe II (or Raoul), Frankish nobleman Tryggve Olafsson, Norse Viking king Wang, empress of the Song Dynasty (b. 942) References