November – Otto arrives at
Rome; Pope
John XII and
Adalbert II (co-ruler of
Italy) flee to
Campania, taking with them most of the Papal treasury. Otto is warmly received by the Roman citizens as 'liberator'.
December – King
Berengar II (the father of Adalbert II) surrenders at the fortress of
Montefeltro to German forces. He and his wife
Willa are taken prisoner, and dispatched to
Bamberg.
The Chinese government of the
Song Dynasty attempts to ban the practice of
cremation; despite this decree, the lower and middle classes continue to cremate their dead, until the government resolves the problem in the
12th century, by establishing public
graveyards for
paupers.
The
Nanping State, one of the
Ten Kingdoms in south-central
China, is forced to surrender, when invaded by armies of the Song Dynasty.
December 6 – Pope
Leo VIII is appointed to the office of
Protonotary and begins his papacy as
antipope of Rome – a reign with the concurrently deposed John XII.