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== Deaths ==
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Adela of France]], countess of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] (b. [[1009]])
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[John of Fécamp]], Italian-Norman abbot 
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Stanislaus of Szczepanów]], Polish bishop (b. [[1030]])
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Roman Svyatoslavich]], Kievan prince
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Hezilo of Hildesheim|Hezilo]] (or Hettilo), bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim|Hildesheim]]
* October &ndash; [[Atsiz ibn Uwaq]], Turkish emir of [[Damascus]]
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Empress Cao (Song dynasty)|Cao]], empress of the Song dynasty (b. [[1016]])
* [[Adelaide of Savoy, Duchess of Swabia|Adelaide of Savoy]], duchess of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] (approximate date)
* [[Aedh Ua Flaithbheartaigh]], king of [[Iar Connacht]]
* [[Al-Jayyānī]], Arab scholar and [[Mathematics in medieval Islam|mathematician]] (b. [[989]])
* [[Cellach húa Rúanada]], Irish [[Ollamh Érenn|chief ollam]] and poet
* [[Håkan the Red]], king of [[Sweden]] (approximate date)
* [[Íñigo López, Lord of Biscay|Íñigo López]], Spanish nobleman (approximate date)
* [[John of Avranches]], French archbishop and writer
* [[Odo, Count of Penthièvre|Odo of Rennes]], duke and [[regent]] of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]] (b. [[AD 999|999]])
* [[Roger d'Ivry]] (or Perceval), Norman nobleman
* [[Wen Tong]], Chinese [[Chinese painting|painter]] and calligrapher (b. [[1019]])