907:
Sumbing volcano erupts, according to Rukam inscription.
907: King
Balitung creates the
Mantyasih inscription containing the list of
Mataram kings, moves the capital from Mamratipura to Poh Pitu, and expands Prambanan temple.
929:
Mpu Sindok moves the seat of power of the Mataram Kingdom from Kewu Plain in
Central Java to Tamwlang in
East Java and establishes
Isyana dynasty. The shift is probably as a result of the eruption of Mount Merapi and/or invasion from
Srivijaya.[6]
971:
Song dynasty recorded the ancient sovereign state of
Ma-i on the list of states conducting trade in the south seas and the government's efforts to regulate and tax this "luxurious" trade.
The Hungarian army destroys the Bavarian forces under duke Liutpold and king
Louis the Child in the
Battle of Pressburg. All the German force is annihilated.
Foundation of
Cluny, first federated
monastic order.
955:
The Battle of Lechfeld (10 August 955) sees a decisive victory for
Otto I the Great, King of the Germans, over the Hungarian harka Bulcsú and the chieftains Lél (Lehel) and Súr.
Hops first mentioned in connection with
beer brewing.
Zhang Sixun of
China uses for the first time liquid
mercury (element) instead of water to power the
escapement mechanism rotating an
armillary sphere, since liquid mercury does not freeze easily like water during winter, and does not rust metal parts.
Notes
^Quoted in The Tenth Century: How Dark the Dark Ages?, edited by Robert Sabatino Lopez. Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1959.
^Barrow, Julia. "Authority and Reform. Historiographical Frameworks for Understanding Tenth and Eleventh-Century Bishops." The Medieval Low Countries 6 (2019): 9-25.
907:
Sumbing volcano erupts, according to Rukam inscription.
907: King
Balitung creates the
Mantyasih inscription containing the list of
Mataram kings, moves the capital from Mamratipura to Poh Pitu, and expands Prambanan temple.
929:
Mpu Sindok moves the seat of power of the Mataram Kingdom from Kewu Plain in
Central Java to Tamwlang in
East Java and establishes
Isyana dynasty. The shift is probably as a result of the eruption of Mount Merapi and/or invasion from
Srivijaya.[6]
971:
Song dynasty recorded the ancient sovereign state of
Ma-i on the list of states conducting trade in the south seas and the government's efforts to regulate and tax this "luxurious" trade.
The Hungarian army destroys the Bavarian forces under duke Liutpold and king
Louis the Child in the
Battle of Pressburg. All the German force is annihilated.
Foundation of
Cluny, first federated
monastic order.
955:
The Battle of Lechfeld (10 August 955) sees a decisive victory for
Otto I the Great, King of the Germans, over the Hungarian harka Bulcsú and the chieftains Lél (Lehel) and Súr.
Hops first mentioned in connection with
beer brewing.
Zhang Sixun of
China uses for the first time liquid
mercury (element) instead of water to power the
escapement mechanism rotating an
armillary sphere, since liquid mercury does not freeze easily like water during winter, and does not rust metal parts.
Notes
^Quoted in The Tenth Century: How Dark the Dark Ages?, edited by Robert Sabatino Lopez. Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1959.
^Barrow, Julia. "Authority and Reform. Historiographical Frameworks for Understanding Tenth and Eleventh-Century Bishops." The Medieval Low Countries 6 (2019): 9-25.