910s
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| 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 – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
910s: events by year
Contents: 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919
910
By place
Europe
- 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.
912
By place
Africa
Europe
- Orso II Participazio becomes the Doge of Venice.
- Ordoño of Galicia sacks Evora.[2]
- Al-Andalus: Abd al-Rahman III becomes the Umayyad emir.[3]
By topic
Religion
- Nicholas I Mysticus becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
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.[4]
Asia
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).[5]
- July 11 – al-Qa'im, son of the Fatimid caliph Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi leaves Raqqada in an attempt to conquer Egypt.[5]
- August 27 – Hubasa takes Alexandria after his victory on the Egyptian troops near al-Hanniyya; yet Tekin, the Abbassid governor refuses to surrender and asks for reenforcements which reach him in September.
- November 6 – Al-Qaim enters in Alexandria with the rest of his army.[5]
- December – the Fatimid army leaves Alexandria under Husaba, followed from afar by Al-Qaim. The Abbassid troops hold to Fustat and Berber cavalery suffers heavy looses to the Turkish archers.[5]
Asia
- January 15 – The Samanid prince of Bukhara Ahmad II 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.[6]
- In India, beginning of the rule of Indra III, kingRashtrakuta of Malkhed.[7]
- Nanjing is reconstructed after a long desertion, marking the beginning of contemporary Nanjing City.
Europe
- January 2 – Ordoño II, king of Galicia, becomes king of Leon after the death of his brother, García. He settles his court in León.[8]
- 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).[9]
- The town of Warwick, England is founded on the River Avon.
- The Vikings conquer much of Ireland.
- Ireland's first city,[citation needed] 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 episod leads to a terrible famine in the Iberian peninsula which continues in 915.[3] In his centralization effort, the Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Rahman III reconquers Sevilla from the Banu Hajjaj clan.[10]
By topic
Religion
- March or April – Pope John X succeeds Pope Lando as the 122nd pope.
915
By place
Europe
- Battle of Garigliano: The Christian League defeats the Saracens.
- 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
- The Great Yue Kingdom, later renamed Southern Han, is founded by Liu Yan in Guangdong and Guangxi.
Europe
- August 20 – Battle of Achelous: A large-scale Byzantine expedition against Bulgaria is routed by Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria.
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 Reichstag 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).
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.[11]
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
Deaths
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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. http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d Heinz Halm The empire of the Mahdi, Partie 1, Volume 26 BRILL, 1996 ISBN 9789004100565
- ^ Joel L. Kraemer Philosophy in the renaissance of Islam : Abū Sulaymān Al-Sijistānī and his circle Brill Archive, 1986 ISBN 9789004072589
- ^ Ancient India Par R.C. Majumdar Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1994 ISBN 9788120804364
- ^ Ch Paquis, Louis Dochez Histoire d'Espagne Béthune et Plon, 1844
- ^ Louis Bréhier (1946). "Vie et mort de Byzance". In Albin Michel. Paris: bibliotheque.uqac.ca. pp. 596. http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/brehier_louis/monde_byzantin/brehier_vie_et_mort_byzance.pdf.
- ^ 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.
