978 deaths

King of the English (975-978)

ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom in ancient China

Rogvolod (; ; 920978) was the first chronicled prince of Polotsk. He reigned until 978, when he and his two sons were killed by Vladimir the Great, then the prince of Novgorod, who took his daughter Rogneda as a wife.

Frankish nobleman

King of Silla

10th-century French noblewoman

Buyid amir of Iraq

King of Abkhazia

Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria, Egypt

Count of Chalon

Alptakin (also known as Aftakin) was a Turkish military officer of the Buyids, who participated, and eventually came to lead, an unsuccessful rebellion against them in Iraq from 973 to 975. Fleeing west with 300 followers, he exploited the power vacuum in Syria to capture several cities, including Damascus. For the next three years, Alptakin withstood attempts by the Fatimid Caliphate to capture Damascus, until he was defeated and captured by Caliph al-Aziz Billah. Taken to Egypt and incorporated into the Fatimid army, he was poisoned by the vizier Ibn Killis shortly after this.

Pala emperor

noble

(935-978)

10th-century Irish monarch

Buyid Vizier