By place Europe •
February – King
Louis III (
the Blind) is crowned as
Holy Roman Emperor by Pope
Benedict IV at
Rome. His rival
Berengar I seeks refuge in
Bavaria at the court of King
Louis IV (
the Child). •
March –
Abu Abbas Abdallah resumes his Aghlabid campaign against the
Byzantine enclaves of
Sicily. He dispatches his fleet towards
Messina, while bombarding the town walls of Damona. •
June 10 – Abu Abbas Abdallah crosses the
Strait of Messina and proceeds to
Reggio Calabria. Appearing before its walls, the Byzantine
garrison flees, surrendering the city to the
Aghlabids. • Summer – Abu Abbas Abdallah defeats a relief Byzantine navy dispatched from
Constantinople at Messina. He dismantles the fortifications of Messina and transfers his booty to
Palermo. •
July 10 – Battle of
Zamora: In
Al-Andalus, Ibn al-Qitt and Abū Naṣr ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Alī al-Sarrāj call for a small
jihad, but are defeated by King
Alfonso III.
Britain • Fall –
Æthelwold (a son of
Æthelred I) rebels against his cousin, King
Edward the Elder. He comes with a fleet to
Essex, and encourages the Danish
Vikings of
East Anglia to rise up. • Edward the Elder takes the title "King of the
Anglo-Saxons". His mother, Dowager-Queen
Ealhswith, founds the
Nunnaminster at
Winchester and retires into a religious life there. • The first written mention is made of
Shrewsbury (
West Midlands).
Arabian Empire •
February 18 –
Thābit ibn Qurra dies at
Baghdad, having served as court
astronomer to the
Abbasid Caliph
Al-Mutadid. He has spent his life translating and teaching the works of Greek
mathematicians, and of his own. •
Abu 'Abdullah al-Shi'i leads the rebellion of the
Kutama Berbers (a movement of the
Shiʿite Fatimids), against the Aghlabid emirate in
Ifriqiya (modern
Tunisia).
Asia •
January 24 – Emperor
Zhao Zong of the
Tang Dynasty (after he is briefly deposed by general
Liu Jishu) is restored to the Chinese
throne. Liu, with four
eunuch family members are killed. •
January 25 –
Sugawara no Michizane, a Japanese
poet, is demoted from his
aristocratic rank and is
exiled to a minor official post at
Dazaifu (
Chikuzen Province). • The Kingdom of
Hu Goguryeo is established by the rebel leader
Gung Ye. He subjugates the local lords in the
Korean Peninsula and proclaims himself king. • In
China,
Fuzhou City (
Fujian Province) is expanded, with the construction of a new
city wall ("Luo City"). •
Abaoji is elected chieftain of the Yila tribe and becomes commander of all
Khitan military forces.
Mesoamerica • The
Mesoamerican ballgame court is dedicated by the
Maya ruler
Chan Chak K'ak'nal Ajaw (also known as
Lord Chac) at
Uxmal (modern
Mexico). • The
Toltecs establish themselves at
Tula. The city becomes the capital and rises to prominence after the fall of
Teotihuacan (approximate date).
By topic Religion •
January –
Arethas of Caesarea speaks on the occasion of the
Epiphany. He becomes the official
rhetor at the Byzantine court of Emperor
Leo VI (
the Wise) at
Constantinople, and is nominated as Archbishop of
Caesarea in
Cappadocia. •
March 1 –
Nicholas Mystikos, a layman close to
Photios, becomes
Patriarch of Constantinople. == Births ==