Heian-kyō (modern-day Kyoto). By topic Religion John VII, patriarch of Jerusalem, is burned at the stake by a Muslim mob after writing to Emperor Nikephoros II, pleading him to intervene in Palestine and retake it from the Fatimid Caliphate. Re-foundation of Peterborough (also called Medeshamstede) Abbey as a Benedictine monastery by Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester (approximate date). Births Æthelred II (the Unready), king of England (approximate date) Ali al-Sulayhi, sultan of Yemen, Tihamah and Mecca (d. 1066) Ding Wei, grand chancellor of the Song Dynasty (d. 1037) Fujiwara no Kintō, Japanese poet and bureaucrat (d. 1041) Fujiwara no Michinaga, Japanese nobleman (d. 1028) Gerberga of Burgundy, duchess of Swabia (or 965) Heonjeong, queen of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 992) Hisham II, caliph of Córdoba (Spain) (d. 1013) Kenneth III, king of Scotland (approximate date) Louis V, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 987) Lu Zongdao, Chinese official (approximate date) Sei Shōnagon, Japanese poet and court lady (approximate date) Deaths January 19 – Fujiwara no Asatada, Japanese nobleman (b. 910) February 9 – Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (b. 894) March 28 – Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler August 4 – Berengar II, margrave and king of Italy December 19 – Sancho I, king of León (Spain) Abu Ishaq Ibrahim, Samanid governor Abu'l-Hasan Ali, Ikhshidid governor Bagrat II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia) Bertha of Swabia, Frankish queen consort Cormac ua Cillín, abbot of Tuamgraney (Ireland) John VII, patriarch of Jerusalem (Israel) Viśa' Saṃbhava, king of Khotan (China) Nako, Obotrite prince (approximate date) Rashiq al-Nasimi, Hamdanid governor Sergius I, duke of Amalfi (Italy) References