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Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne.

Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne.

Trpimir II succeeds to the Croatian throne.

Events Before

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. King Aethelstan is the first southern English king to gain control of much of the north of Britain when various local ki

    King Aethelstan is the first southern English king to gain control of much of the north of Britain when various local kings accept his overlordship at Eamont, Cumbria

  5. The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto (southern Italy)

    The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto (southern Italy)

Events After

  1. 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,...

  2. 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.

  3. 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...

  4. 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.

  5. Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII

    Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII

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