Editing 978 (section)

== Deaths ==
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Luitgarde of Vermandois|Luitgarde]], duchess consort of [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]]
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Lambert of Chalon|Lambert]], count of [[Chalon-sur-Saône|Chalon]] (b. [[930]])
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Edward the Martyr]], king of [[Kingdom of England|the English]]<ref>{{cite book|author=David Michael Metcalf|title=An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coin Finds, C.973-1086|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVoaAAAAYAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Royal Numismatic Society|isbn=978-1-85444-110-2|page=105|language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine|Frederick I]], duke of [[Lotharingia|Upper Lorraine]]
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Li Yu (Southern Tang)|Li Yu]], ruler ('king') of [[Southern Tang]] 
* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Pope Abraham of Alexandria|Abraham]], Coptic pope of [[Alexandria]]
* ''unknown date''
**[[Aboazar Lovesendes]], Portuguese [[Nobility|nobleman]] 
**[[Comhaltan Ua Clerigh]], king of [[Uí Fiachrach Aidhne|Hy Fiachrach]] ([[Ireland]])
**[[Fernando Ansúrez II]], count of [[County of Monzón|Monzón]] and [[Tierra de Campos|Campos]]
**[[Fernando Bermúdez de Cea|Fernando Bermúdez]], count of [[Cea (river)|Cea]] (approximate date)
**[[Ibn Hawqal]], Muslim writer, geographer and chronicler (earliest likely date)
**[[Geirmund the Noisy]], Viking adventurer (approximate date)
**[[Gyeongsun of Silla|Gyeongsun]], king of [[Silla]] ([[Korea]]) (b. [[896]])
**[[Ibn Hawqal]], Muslim Arab geographer
**[[Lashkari ibn Muhammad]], Shaddadid emir
**[[Máel Muad mac Brain]], king of [[Munster]] (Ireland)
**[[Rogvolod]], prince of [[Principality of Polotsk|Polotsk]] (approximate date)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Lister Illingworth Fennell|title=A History of the Russian Church to 1448|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qxfZAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Longman|isbn=978-0-582-08068-3|page=32}}</ref>
**[[Yang Guangmei]], Chinese general (approximate date)