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Calendar year
Year 929 (
CMXXIX ) was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar .
Events
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.
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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
By topic
Religion
Births
Deaths
January 28 –
Gao Jixing , founder of Chinese
Jingnan (b.
858 )
February 3 –
Guy ("the Philosopher"), margrave of
Tuscany (
Italy )
February 12 –
Leo VI , pope of the
Catholic Church
March 26 –
Wang Du , Chinese
warlord and governor (
jiedushi )
April 9 –
Cui Xie , Chinese official and chancellor
June 7 –
Ælthryth , English princess and countess of
Flanders (b.
877 )
Before August 16 –
Sancho Ordóñez , king of
Galicia (
Spain )
October 7 –
Charles the Simple , Frankish king (b.
879 )
Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Madhara'i , Abbasid fiscal director
Abu'l-Musafir al-Fath , Sajid
emir of
Azerbaijan (
Iran )
Al-Batani , Muslim
astronomer and
mathematician
Ashot II , king of
Armenia (approximate date)
Gao Yu , Chinese chief strategist
Indra III , ruler of
Rashtrakuta (
India )
Lothar I , Frankish
nobleman (b.
902 )
Lothar II , Frankish nobleman (b.
874 )
Padla II , prince of
Kakheti (
Georgia )
Thumal the Qahraman , Abbasid female judge
Zhao Jingyi , Chinese general and governor
References