The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto (southern Italy)
The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto (southern Italy)
The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto (southern Italy)
Events Before
Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin
Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin
Kingdom of the West Franks crowns Robert I as King of West Francia, after deposing Charles the Simple (Charles III)
In medieval historiography, West Francia (Medieval Latin: Francia occidentalis) or the Kingdom of the West Franks (Latin: regnum Francorum occidentalium) constitutes the initial stage of the Kingdom...
Richarius becomes bishop of Liège
Richarius becomes bishop of Liège
Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke
Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy
Aethelstan crowned King of the Anglo Saxons by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Kingston upon Thames
Æthelstan or Athelstan was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn.
Events After
Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne.
Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne.
Caliphate of Cordoba is established by Emir Abd-al-Rahman III
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Rabdī ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil al-Marwānī al-Umawī al-Qurashī, or simply ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III,...
World's oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament is established, the Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi)
The Alþingi, anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world.
Battle of Riade: German King Henry I defeats the Magyars in northern Thuringia
The Battle of Riade or Battle of Merseburg was fought between the troops of East Francia under King Henry I and the Magyars at an unidentified location in northern Thuringia along the river Unstrut...
Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother Boleslaus I of Bohemia
Wenceslaus I, Wenceslas I or Václav the Good was the Prince (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until his death, probably in 935.
More from the 920s
Caliphate of Cordoba is established by Emir Abd-al-Rahman III
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Rabdī ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil al-Marwānī al-Umawī al-Qurashī, or simply ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III,...
Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne.
Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne.
Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: Simeon I of Bulgaria is defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia
Simeon I the Great was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 until his death in 927.
Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke
Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy
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