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of the

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Events

By place

Europe

* June 15 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I is killed; the Frankish army, led by Charles the Simple, is defeated and routed near Soissons. Charles is captured and imprisoned at Péronne. The nobles elect Robert's son-in-law Rudolph, duke of Burgundy, as king of the West Frankish Kingdom (until 936). * July 29 – Battle of Fiorenzuola: Lombard forces led by King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the deposed Emperor Berengar I at Firenzuola (

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). A pact is reached between Rudolph and Berengar, who abdicates the imperial throne and cedes sovereignty over the rest of

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Asia

* May 13 – The Later Liang, one of the Five Dynasties in

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, falls to Later Tang (founded by Li Cunxu). Li proclaims himself emperor and moves his residence back to the old Tang capital of

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. * August 11 – The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of

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Births

* September 7 – Suzaku, emperor of

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(d. 952) * Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Muslim

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(d. 1023) * Al-Shaykh al-Saduq, Muslim scholar (approximate date) * Eadred (or Edred), king of

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(d. 955) * Fujiwara no Nakafumi, Japanese '' waka'' poet (d. 992) * Jeongjong, king of

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(

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) (d. 949) * Liu Honggao, Chinese chancellor (d. 943)

Deaths

* June 15 – Robert I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (b. 860) * August 2 – Plegmund, archbishop of

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(or 914) * August 27 – Ageltrude, queen of

and Holy Roman Empress *

October 8 Events Pre-1600 * 316 – Constantine I Battle of Cibalae, defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins. * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis ...

– Pilgrim I, archbishop of

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* November 20 ** Jing Xiang, Chinese strategist ** Li Zhen, official of Later Liang * Abu Bakr al-Khallal, Muslim scholar and jurist (b. 848) * Adarnase IV, prince of

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/ Kartli (

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) * Badr al-Hammami (the Elder), Abbasid general * Gurgen I, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia) * Harshavarman I, king of

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(

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) * Ibn Khuzaymah, Muslim

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and scholar (b. 837) * Ma Chuo, general and official of Wuyue (or 922) * Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Persian scholar (b. 839) * Reccared, Galician

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man (b. 885) * Ricwin (or Ricuin), Frankish nobleman * Walter (or Vaulter), archbishop of Sens * Wang Yanzhang, general of Later Liang (b. 863) * Zhao Yan, military prefect and official of Later Liang * Zhu Youzhen, emperor of Later Liang (b. 888)

References

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