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Benedictine abbey of Cluny founded by William, Duke of Aquitaine, in Burgundy, France, one of the greatest monasteries o

Benedictine abbey of Cluny founded by William, Duke of Aquitaine, in Burgundy, France, one of the greatest monasteries of Western Europe

Benedictine abbey of Cluny founded by William, Duke of Aquitaine, in Burgundy, France, one of the greatest monasteries of Western Europe

Events Before

  1. Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher

    Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher

  2. Byzantine city Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli

    Byzantine city Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli

  3. Holy Roman Emperor Louis III captured, blinded, and forced to relinquish his royal Italian and imperial crowns

    Louis the Blind (880 – 5 June 928) was king in Provence and Lower Burgundy from 890 to 928, and also king of Italy from 900 to 905, and also the emperor between 901 and 905, styled as Louis III.

  4. Date of the last known Maya "long count" inscription on a stela at the city of Toniná (modern Chiapas state, Mexico)

    Tonina (or Toniná in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian archaeological site and ruined city of the Maya civilization located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas, some 13 km (8.1 mi) east...

  5. Bulgarian Saint John of Rila [Saint Ivan] performs the miracle of the two pies - uses two pies to feed the poor

    Bulgarian Saint John of Rila [Saint Ivan] performs the miracle of the two pies - uses two pies to feed the poor

Events After

  1. Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Viking leader Rollo of Normandy creates the

    Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Viking leader Rollo of Normandy creates the Duchy of Normandy

  2. Viking Prince of Kiev and founder of the Kievan Rus, Oleg the Wise, signs a treaty with the Byzantines

    Viking Prince of Kiev and founder of the Kievan Rus, Oleg the Wise, signs a treaty with the Byzantines

  3. During a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos (Mary, the mother of Jesus) appears at the church in Blachernae, holding

    During a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos (Mary, the mother of Jesus) appears at the church in Blachernae, holding her veil over the praying faithful, among them St. Andrew of Constantinople

  4. Conrad I of Germany [Conrad the Younger] (30) elected as King of East Francia

    East Francia (Latin: Francia orientalis) or the Kingdom of the East Franks (Regnum Francorum orientalium) was a successor state of the Carolingian Empire ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911.

  5. Battle of Anchialus: Bulgarian army counterattacks the Byzantines

    Battle of Anchialus: Bulgarian army counterattacks the Byzantines

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