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Under future Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo and recover the tattered tunic of J

Under future Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo and recover the tattered tunic of John the Baptist during the Arab–Byzantine wars

Under future Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo and recover the tattered tunic of John the Baptist during the Arab–Byzantine wars

Events Before

  1. Wulfstan, Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of York (931-52) who supported Viking leaders, dies under arrest

    Wulfstan, Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of York (931-52) who supported Viking leaders, dies under arrest

  2. Erachus becomes Bishop of Liège

    Erachus becomes Bishop of Liège

  3. Edgar I, the Peaceful, becomes king of all England

    Edgar (or Eadgar; c. 944 – 8 July 975), also known as Edgar the Peacemaker, the Peaceful and the Peaceable, was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975.

  4. Coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of the Song initiates three centuries of Song Dynasty dominance in southern

    Coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of the Song initiates three centuries of Song Dynasty dominance in southern China

  5. German King Otto II crowned

    Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), known as Otto the Great (German: Otto der Große; Italian: Ottone il Grande) or Otto of Saxony (German: Otto von Sachsen; Italian: Ottone di Sassonia), was East...

Events After

  1. The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea

    The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea

  2. Leo VIII elected Pope

    Pope Leo VIII (915 – 1 March 965) was a Roman prelate who claimed the Holy See from 963 until 964 in opposition to John XII and Benedict V and again from 23 June 964 to his death.

  3. John XIII Crescentii is elected to succeed Pope Leo VIII

    Pope John XIII (Latin: Ioannes XIII; ca. 930 – 6 September 972) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 October 965 to his death.

  4. Christianisation of Poland - Polish ruler Mieszko I and his court baptized

    Christianisation of Poland - Polish ruler Mieszko I and his court baptized

  5. John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor

    John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor

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