- May 12 Pope Sylvester II [Gerbert van Aurillac], French scholar and clergyman, 1st French Pope (999-1003), dies at about 57 [exact birthdate unknown]
- Nov 13 Gunhilde, daughter of Danish king Harald Bluetooth, killed in the St Brice's Day massacre of Danes in England, prompting her brother Sweyn Forkbeard to swear revenge [1]
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