July 17:
Æthelstan becomes the King of England upon the death of his father, King
Edward the Elder. Æthelstan is seen here presenting a book to
Cuthbert, in a painting visible at the Chester-le-Street)
January 20 –
China's
Emperor Zhuangzong reverses an initial decision to spare the life of General
Li Jitao after discovering that Li is continuing to plot the overthrow of the government, and has Li executed.[2][3]
April 7 – After having made a new alliance with the
Hungarians, the
Holy Roman EmperorBerengar I, King of Italy, is assassinated in
Verona by one of his guards.
Rudolph II,
King of Burgundy and a claimant to the throne, takes full control of the Kingdom of Italy, while the office of the Holy Roman Emperor will not be re-created until 38 years later.[9]
June 15 –
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, the Grand Vizier of the Abbasid Caliph
al-Muqtadir since returning to power in August
923, is removed from office by the Caliph,and is replaced by
Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khaqani. On July 24, he is executed along with his son, al-Muhassin, for his brutality during his rule and for failing to prevent the March attack by the
Qarmatians on Iraqi Muslim pilgrims.[10]
June –
Fruela II, King of
Asturias in what is now Portugal, becomes the new ruler of the
Kingdom of León and the
Kingdom of Galicia in Spain upon the death of his younger brother,
King Ordoño II, who dies after a 14-year reign. The ascent of Fruela reunites Asturias, Galicia and Leon.[11] Fruela, who is not popular with the
nobles, orders the assassination of the sons of Olmundo.
July—September
July 17 –
Edward the Elder,
King of the Anglo-Saxons, is killed in battle at
Farndon-Upon-Dee while leading an army against a revolt by some of the Cambrians and Mercians. During his 25-year reign, he gained direct control over
Mercia, including some of the
Danelaw, the
Danish-occupied areas. Edward's oldest son,
Æthelstan, is proclaimed the new King of England, while some supporters among the West Saxons support
Ælfweard, to be Edward's successor as
King of Wessex.[12]
August 2 –
Ælfweard of Wessex, briefly a claimant for the throne of England and favored by the nobility of Wessex,dies at the age of 23 only sixteen days after the death of his father.[13]
November 9 – Byzantine co-Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos concludes a treaty with the Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria and provides the Bulgarian monarch with "gold and silver shields and lances."[17]
November – (Shaban 312 AH) Hamd bin Khazar, leader of the
Zenata Berber nomads in the high plateau of central
Algeria, sets an ambush that kills Massala ibn Habus, the
Fatimid Governor of
Tahert.[18]
^Timothy Reuter (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 543.
ISBN978-0-521-36447-8.
^Baják László, A fejedelmek kora: A korai magyar történet időrendi vázlata Volume 2: 900-1000 (The Era of the Princes: A chronological sketch of the early Hungarian history)(Budapest: ÓMT) pp.16-17
^Halm, Heinz (1991). Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden [The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids] (in German). Munich: C. H. Beck. pp. 226–227.
ISBN3-406-35497-1.
^Keynes, Simon (2001). "Rulers of the English, c.450–1066". In Michael Lapidge; John Blair; Simon Keynes; Donald Scragg (eds.). The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Blackwell Publishing. p. 51isbn=978-0-6312-2492-1.
^Piotr L. Grotowski, "Arms and Armour of the Warrior Saints", Tradition and Innovation in Byzantine Iconography (843-1261) (BRILL, 2010) p.23, ISBN 9789004185487
^Heinz Halm, The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids (BRILL, 2021) p.269, ISBN 9789004492653
July 17:
Æthelstan becomes the King of England upon the death of his father, King
Edward the Elder. Æthelstan is seen here presenting a book to
Cuthbert, in a painting visible at the Chester-le-Street)
January 20 –
China's
Emperor Zhuangzong reverses an initial decision to spare the life of General
Li Jitao after discovering that Li is continuing to plot the overthrow of the government, and has Li executed.[2][3]
April 7 – After having made a new alliance with the
Hungarians, the
Holy Roman EmperorBerengar I, King of Italy, is assassinated in
Verona by one of his guards.
Rudolph II,
King of Burgundy and a claimant to the throne, takes full control of the Kingdom of Italy, while the office of the Holy Roman Emperor will not be re-created until 38 years later.[9]
June 15 –
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, the Grand Vizier of the Abbasid Caliph
al-Muqtadir since returning to power in August
923, is removed from office by the Caliph,and is replaced by
Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khaqani. On July 24, he is executed along with his son, al-Muhassin, for his brutality during his rule and for failing to prevent the March attack by the
Qarmatians on Iraqi Muslim pilgrims.[10]
June –
Fruela II, King of
Asturias in what is now Portugal, becomes the new ruler of the
Kingdom of León and the
Kingdom of Galicia in Spain upon the death of his younger brother,
King Ordoño II, who dies after a 14-year reign. The ascent of Fruela reunites Asturias, Galicia and Leon.[11] Fruela, who is not popular with the
nobles, orders the assassination of the sons of Olmundo.
July—September
July 17 –
Edward the Elder,
King of the Anglo-Saxons, is killed in battle at
Farndon-Upon-Dee while leading an army against a revolt by some of the Cambrians and Mercians. During his 25-year reign, he gained direct control over
Mercia, including some of the
Danelaw, the
Danish-occupied areas. Edward's oldest son,
Æthelstan, is proclaimed the new King of England, while some supporters among the West Saxons support
Ælfweard, to be Edward's successor as
King of Wessex.[12]
August 2 –
Ælfweard of Wessex, briefly a claimant for the throne of England and favored by the nobility of Wessex,dies at the age of 23 only sixteen days after the death of his father.[13]
November 9 – Byzantine co-Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos concludes a treaty with the Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria and provides the Bulgarian monarch with "gold and silver shields and lances."[17]
November – (Shaban 312 AH) Hamd bin Khazar, leader of the
Zenata Berber nomads in the high plateau of central
Algeria, sets an ambush that kills Massala ibn Habus, the
Fatimid Governor of
Tahert.[18]
^Timothy Reuter (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 543.
ISBN978-0-521-36447-8.
^Baják László, A fejedelmek kora: A korai magyar történet időrendi vázlata Volume 2: 900-1000 (The Era of the Princes: A chronological sketch of the early Hungarian history)(Budapest: ÓMT) pp.16-17
^Halm, Heinz (1991). Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden [The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids] (in German). Munich: C. H. Beck. pp. 226–227.
ISBN3-406-35497-1.
^Keynes, Simon (2001). "Rulers of the English, c.450–1066". In Michael Lapidge; John Blair; Simon Keynes; Donald Scragg (eds.). The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Blackwell Publishing. p. 51isbn=978-0-6312-2492-1.
^Piotr L. Grotowski, "Arms and Armour of the Warrior Saints", Tradition and Innovation in Byzantine Iconography (843-1261) (BRILL, 2010) p.23, ISBN 9789004185487
^Heinz Halm, The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids (BRILL, 2021) p.269, ISBN 9789004492653