<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_VIII" id="mwHw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constantine VIII">Constantine VIII</a> dies, ending his uninterrupted reign as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_emperors" id="mwIA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of Byzantine emperors">emperor or co-emperor</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" id="mwIQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> of 66 years.