910s
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 880s 890s 900s – 910s – 920s 930s 940s |
| Years: | 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
This is a list of events occurring in the 910s, ordered by year.
910
By place
Europe
- June 12 – The Hungarians defeat the Suabian army led by the Eastern Frankish king Louis IV (the Child) at Augsburg.
- June 22 – The Hungarians defeat the Frankish army at Rednitz, killing also its leader Gebhardt, the Frankish prince.
- August 5 – The allied forces of Mercia and Wessex defeat an army of Northumbrian Vikings in the Battle of Tettenhall
Africa
- The caliphate of Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah (of the Fatimid dynasty) is established after he enters the former Aghlabid capital of Raqqada, in modern Tunisia.
By topic
Religion
- The Benedictine monastery of Cluny is founded.
- Gabriel I of Alexandria becomes Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
911
By place
Africa
- Rebellion of the Kutama Berbers against the Fatimid Caliphate. The Kutama tribesmen have previously been the main supporters of the new Shi'ite regime.[1]
Europe
- July 11 – The Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte is signed between Charles the Simple, King of France and Rollo, leader of the Vikings, allowing the latter to settle in Neustria, the origin of the Normans.
- September – Following the death of Louis the Child, last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks, Charles the Simple of France, is elected King of Lotharingia.
- The Fatimids begin the conquest of Sicily over their Aghlabid arch-rivals.[1]
By topic
Religion
- April – Pope Anastasius III succeeds Pope Sergius III as the 120th pope.
912
By place
Africa
Europe
- Orso II Participazio becomes the Doge of Venice.
- Ordoño of Galicia sacks Evora.[3]
- Al-Andalus: Abd al-Rahman III becomes the Umayyad emir.[4]
By topic
Religion
- Euthymius is deposed as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and Nicholas Mystikos restored.
913
By place
Africa
- The Shiite Fatimid state in modern day Tunisia launches a failed military campaign against Egypt.
- The rebellious governor of Sicily, Ahmed ibn-Kohrob, thrusts out the Fatimids from the island and launches a successful assaults against the North African cities of Sfax and Tripoli.[5]
Asia
- The Yan State at present-day Beijing falls.
By topic
Religion
- July – Pope Lando succeeds Pope Anastasius III as the 121st pope.
- San Miguel de Escalada is built in León, Spain by King Garcia.
914
By area
Africa
- February 6 – The Fatimid general, Husaba of the Kutama Berber tribe, takes Barqah (Benghazi).[6]
- July 11 – Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah, son of the Fatimid caliph Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah leaves Raqqada in an attempt to conquer Egypt.[6]
- August 27 – Hubasa takes Alexandria after his victory over Egyptian troops near al-Hanniyya; Tekin, the Abbassid governor refuses to surrender and asks for reinforcements which reach him in September.
- November 6 – Al-Qa'im enters Alexandria with the rest of his army.[6]
- December – The Fatimid army leaves Alexandria under Husaba, followed from afar by Al-Qa'im. The Abbassid troops hold Fustat and Berber cavalry suffers heavy loses to the Turkish archers.[6]
Asia
- January 15 – The Samanid prince of Bukhara Ahmad Samani is murdered. His son, Nasr ibn Ahmad, succeeds him at the age of 8, under the regency of vizir Abu ’Abd-Allah al-Jaihani. The Abbassids try to benefit from the turmoil of the interregnum to reconquer Sistan, in vain.[7]
- In India, beginning of the rule of Indra III, king Rashtrakuta of Malkhed.[8]
- Nanjing is reconstructed after a long desertion, marking the beginning of contemporary Nanjing City.
- Sajid invasion of Georgia: Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj's Muslim army raids the Georgian principalities.
- Hasan al-Utrush re-establishes Zaydid rule over Tabaristan
Europe
Fall of Andrianople. Chronics of John Skylitzes
- January 2 – Ordoño II, king of Galicia, becomes king of Leon after the death of his brother, García. He settles his court in León.[9]
- February – Beginning of the regency of Zoe Karbonopsina, mother of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII, for which she was competing with the patriarch Nicolas Mystikos (end of the regency in 920).[10]
- The town of Warwick, England is founded on the River Avon.
- The Vikings conquer much of Ireland.
- Ireland's first city, Waterford, is founded on the River Suir.
- The Byzantine Empire battles with Bulgaria over the city of Adrianople, which changes hands several times.
- In al-Andalus: a drought leads to a terrible famine in the Iberian peninsula which continues in 915.[4] In his centralization effort, the Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Rahman III reconquers Sevilla from the Banu Hajjaj clan.[11]
By topic
Religion
- March or April – Pope John X succeeds Pope Lando as the 122nd pope.
915
By place
Europe
- June – Battle of Garigliano: The Christian League defeats the Saracens.
- December – Berengar I of Italy is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
Asia
- The kings of Goryeo and Silla send emissaries to Abaoji of the Khitan while he is encamped on the banks of the Yalu River.
916
By place
Africa
Asia
- Abaoji of the Khitan empire adopts Chinese court rituals.
- Abaoji names Prince Bei as heir apparent, a first in the history of the Khitan.
- Abaoji leads campaigns in the west, conquering much of the Mongolian Plains.
917
By place
Asia
- September 5 – The Great Yue Kingdom, later renamed Southern Han, is founded by Liu Yan in Panyu (modern-day Guangdong) and Guangxi.
Europe
- August 20 – Battle of Achelous: A large-scale Byzantine expedition against Bulgaria is routed by Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria.
- A Hungarian army, after attacking Swabia, conquers the city of Basel. Then they enter Lorraine, burn Verdun and many monasteries. Prince Arnulf, with Hungarian military aid, reconquers his land from the German king Conrad I. After this event, Bavaria and Swabia accept to pay tribute to the Hungarians.
918
By place
Asia
- Taebong has been overthrown, and Goryeo established in the Korean peninsula, when Wang Kon ascends the throne at Cheorwon.
- The Khitan empire's government occupies a newly walled capital city called Shangjing, meaning "Supreme Capital".
919
By place
Europe
- Edward the Elder of England conquers Bedford.
- Henry the Fowler is elected King of the Germans at the Diet of Fritzlar, and quickly fortifies Magdeburg against the Magyars and Slavs.
- October – High King of Ireland Niall Glúndub is killed while campaigning against the Northmen at the Battle of Kilmashoge (near Rothfarham).
- King of the Germans Henry the Fowler is defeated by an invading Hungarian army at Püchen.
Byzantine Empire
- Romanos Lekapenos becomes regent for Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII. Failed revolt of Leo Phokas the Elder.
Asia
- Wang Kon moves the Korean capital from Ch'orwon to Songdo.
- The Great Yue Kingdom changes its name to the Southern Han.
Africa
- Following his death, Mara Takla Haymanot is succeeded by Tatadim as the ruler of Ethiopia.
- The Fatimids of Ifriqiya (modern days Tunisia) try to seize Egypt from its Abbasid rulers. The expedition fails and the Maghribi have to retreat two years later.[12]
America
- The Pueblo Bonito is built by the Anasazi in present day New Mexico's Chaco Canyon.
By topic
Religion
- The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is proclaimed autocephalous with the rank of Patriarchate.
Significant people
Births
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Meynier, Gilbert (2010). L'Algérie, cœur du Maghreb classique: De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte. p. 38.
- ↑ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.39.
- ↑ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique. Paris: Seuil. p. 87. ISBN 2-02-012935-3.
- ↑ Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Heinz Halm The empire of the Mahdi, Partie 1, Volume 26 BRILL, 1996 ISBN 978-90-04-10056-5
- ↑ Joel L. Kraemer Philosophy in the renaissance of Islam : Abū Sulaymān Al-Sijistānī and his circle Brill Archive, 1986 ISBN 978-90-04-07258-9
- ↑ Ancient India Par R.C. Majumdar Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1994 ISBN 978-81-208-0436-4
- ↑ Ch Paquis, Louis Dochez Histoire d'Espagne Béthune et Plon, 1844
- ↑ Louis Bréhier (1946). Albin Michel, ed. "Vie et mort de Byzance" (PDF). Paris: bibliotheque.uqac.ca. p. 596.
- ↑ Picard, C. (2000) Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle). L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose; pp.54.
- ↑ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.38.