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== Deaths ==
* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Koshi]], Japanese empress (b. [[947]])
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen|Thietmar]], German nobleman
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[Gero, Count of Alsleben|Gero]], German nobleman
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Zhao Dezhao]], prince of the [[Song dynasty|Song Dynasty]] (b. [[951]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ann Paludan|title=Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-by-reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4qzVngEACAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Thames and Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-05090-3}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Abu Taghlib]], Hamdanid [[emir]]<ref>{{EI2 | volume = 2 | title=Abū Tag̲h̲lib | first = Marius | last = Canard | authorlink = Marius Canard  | url = https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/*-SIM_8273|ref=no|page=128}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Gotofredo I (archbishop of Milan)|Gotofredo I]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan|Milan]]
*''unknown dates''
** [['Imran ibn Shahin]], Muslim ruler  
** [[Vitale Candiano]], doge of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]]<ref>Dandolo, Andrea, et al. 1938. ''Chronica per extensum descripta'' (= ''Rerum italicarum scriptores'' 12.1). Bologna: Zanichelli, p. 500.</ref>
** [[Hasanwayh]], Hasanwayhid ruler
*''probable'' &ndash; [[Iago ab Idwal]], king of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-IAGO-API-0942|title=Iago ab Idwal Foel (f. 942-979), king of Gwynedd|author=Thomas Jones Pierce|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref>