By place Byzantine Empire • Summer – Emperor
Constantine VII appoints
Nikephoros Phokas to commander of the
Byzantine field army (
Domestic of the Schools) in the East. He gives him order to prepare a campaign against the
Hamdanid emir
Sayf al-Dawla. Constantine makes treaties with neighbouring rulers, to seek military aid. •
September -
October – A Byzantine fleet under
Basil Hexamilites deals a crushing defeat to the Hamdanid fleet at
Tarsus in
Cilicia (modern
Turkey).
Europe •
Liudolf, the eldest son of King
Otto I (
the Great), reconciles with his father and asks again for installation as duke of
Swabia. Otto refuses, but at the instigation of his uncle
Bruno I (duke of
Lotharingia) allows Liudolf to lead an expedition to
Italy to bring the vassal
Berengar of Ivrea to heel. • Berengar of Ivrea dispatches a
Lombard army under his son
Adalbert II to counter Liudolf, while he guards
Pavia himself. In two battles Liudolf defeats the Lombard forces and enters Pavia, there to receive the
homage of the Italian nobles and
clergy on behalf of Otto I. •
June 16 –
Hugh the Great, count of
Paris, dies at
Dourdan. He is succeeded by his eldest son
Hugh Capet, who is recognized as
Duke of the Franks by his cousin
Lothair III, king of the
West Frankish Kingdom. • King
Ordoño III dies at
Zamora after a 5-year reign. He is succeeded by his half-brother
Sancho I as ruler of
León (modern
Spain).
Egypt • An
earthquake badly damages the
Lighthouse of Alexandria: one of the
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
By topic Religion •
Dunstan, an
abbot of
Glastonbury Abbey, is sent into
exile by King
Eadwig. He takes refuge in
Flanders (modern
Belgium), where Count
Arnulf I gives him shelter in the Abbey of
Mont Blandin, near
Ghent. == Births ==