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Year 929 (CMXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday 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.[1]
- 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
- Mpu Sindok, ruler of the Mataram Kingdom, moves his court from Central to East Java (modern Indonesia), probably after the eruption of Mount Merapi and/or invasion from Srivijaya.[2]
By topic
Religion
- Pope Leo VI dies at Rome after a 7-month reign. He is succeeded (probably handpicked–by Marozia from the Tusculani family) by Stephen VII as the 124th pope of the Catholic Church.
Births
- September 29 – Qian Chu, king of Wuyue (d. 988)
- al-Ta'i', Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (d. 1003)
- Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (d. 990)
- Guo Zhongshu, Chinese painter (approximate date)
- Saigū no Nyōgo (Princess Kishi), Japanese waka poet (d. 985)
- William, archbishop of Mainz (d. 968)
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
- ^ Abd-ar-Rahman III
- ^ Spuler, Bertold; F.R.C. Bagley (December 31, 1981). The Muslim world: a historical survey, Part 4. Brill Archive. p. 252. ISBN 9789004061965.
