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Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders

Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders

Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders

Events Before

  1. King Otto II and his Frankish army defeated in pitched battle with Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Ita

    King Otto II and his Frankish army defeated in pitched battle with Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy

  2. Louis V becomes the sole King of West Francia and undisputed king of the Franks after the death of his father Lothair

    Louis V becomes the sole King of West Francia and undisputed king of the Franks after the death of his father Lothair

  3. Hugh Capet (Hugh the Great) crowned King of the Franks in Noyon

    Hugh Capet (French: Hugues Capet [yɡ kapɛ]; c. 941 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet.

  4. Hugh Capet, is coronated as King of France, in Paris, after being elected by the nobility

    Hugh Capet, is coronated as King of France, in Paris, after being elected by the nobility

  5. French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king

    French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king

Events After

  1. Battle of Abydos: Byzantine Emperor Basil II defeats and kills rebel general Bardas Phokas, ending his rebellion

    Battle of Abydos: Byzantine Emperor Basil II defeats and kills rebel general Bardas Phokas, ending his rebellion

  2. Battle of Maldon: English, led by Earl Byrhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. The ba

    Battle of Maldon: English, led by Earl Byrhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. The battle and the English defeat are immortalized in the well-known Old English poem "The Battle of Maldon."

  3. Battle of Conquereuil won by the Count of Anjou, Fulk the Black, defeating Conan I, Count of Brittany, in western France

    Battle of Conquereuil won by the Count of Anjou, Fulk the Black, defeating Conan I, Count of Brittany, in western France

  4. Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized

    Ulrich of Augsburg, sometimes spelled Uodalric or Odalrici, was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the first saint to be canonised not by a local authority but by a pope.

  5. The Duchy of Bohemia's Slavník dynasty members Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej, and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus II the P

    The Duchy of Bohemia's Slavník dynasty members Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej, and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus II the Pious

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