By place Europe •
January 16 – Emir
Abd al-Rahman III of
Córdoba, Spain, proclaims himself caliph and creates the
Caliphate of Córdoba. He breaks his allegiance to, and ties with, the
Fatimid and
Abbasid caliphs. •
February 3 –
Guy, Margrave of Tuscany, second husband (third lover) of the Roman noblewoman
Marozia, dies. He is succeeded by his brother
Lambert as
margrave of Tuscany. • Early 929 –
Siege of Gana: German king
Henry the Fowler besieges Gana with an
East Frankish army and conquers the stronghold. He establishes the fort of
Meissen nearby. • Early 929 – Henry the Fowler invades
Bohemia from the north and marches on
Prague. Duke
Arnulf I of
Bavaria invades Bohemia from the south. The Bohemians capitulate. • Summer – The
Slavic-
Arab leader Sabir defeats a small
Byzantine fleet and seizes
Termoli (in
Molise, on the
Adriatic coast). He returns to
Africa laden with booty and
slaves. •
September 4 –
Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the
Redarii and the
Obotrites) are defeated by a
Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of
Lenzen (modern
Germany). •
October 7 –
Charles the Simple, former king of
West Francia, dies in prison at
Péronne, leaving
Rudolph with no opposition except that of
Herbert II, Count of Vermandois.
Asia •
Mpu Sindok, ruler of the
Mataram kingdom, moves his court from
Central to
East Java (modern
Indonesia), probably after the eruption of
Mount Merapi and/or invasion from
Srivijaya.
By topic Religion • Pope
Leo VI dies at
Rome after a 7-month reign. He is succeeded (probably handpicked–by
Marozia from the
Tusculani family) by
Stephen VII as the 124th
pope of the
Catholic Church. == Births ==