900 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Alfonso the Great of Castile begins to reconquer Spain from the Moors
Hausa kingdom of Daura founded in Nigeria
Bulgars accept the Eastern orthodox religion
Fall of classic Maya civilization
Maya emigrate to Yucatan Peninsula
Pueblo II Era + (900-1150)
Donald II - (Scotland) (889-)
Constantine II + (Scotland)
John IX - (898-)
Benedict IV + (-903)
Arabic musical instruments introduced into Europe
Tropes and sequences
Musica enchiriadis
901 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Edward the Elder takes the title "King of the Angles and Saxons"
902 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
al-Mu'tadid - (Abbasid Caliphate) (892-902) 16th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muktafi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (902-908) 17th Abbasid Caliph
903 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Benedict IV - (900-)
Leo V +- *****
Christopher (antipope) + (903-904)
Al Sufi, ‘Abd Al-Rahman (Azophi) 903-986
Grimbald 820-903
904 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Christopher (antipope) - (903-904)
Sergius III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
905 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Magyars begin invading Germany
Louis III of Burgundy - (Italy) (899-) Grandson of Ludwig II
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
Sancho Garces + (Navarre)
906 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Magyars sack Great Moravia
Tang dynasty ends
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
907 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
TANG - (618-)
Civil war in divides China - (-960)
Mongols begin their capture of Inner Mongolia and parts of Northern China (-1123)
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
Arpad - (Hungary) Chieftan
908 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
al-Muktafi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (902-) 17th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muqtadir + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-932) 18th Abbasid Caliph
909 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Fatamid Caliphate (Shiite) established (-1171)
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
Said ibn Husyan + (Fatimid Caliphate) 1st Fatimid Caliph (Mahdi)
910 Avalokitesvara with a nun and a male donor (Tung-Huang Cave, China)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Order of Cluny (reformed Benedictine) established in France
Establishment of the Shi'ite Fatimid caliphate in North Africa - Maghrib, Egypt, Syria
Sergius III … (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
Alfonso III the Great - (Asturias) (866-)
Garcia + (Leon) (-914)
911 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Hrolf the Ganger (Viking Rollo) granted Normandy by the Franks after attempt to dislodge him fails
Said ibn Husyan (1st Fatimid Caliph) executes Al-Shii - causes short rebellion of north African tribes
Conrad I + (Germany) (911-918) King (Duke of Franconia)
Sergius III - (Patriarchate of Rome) (904-911)
Anastasius III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (911-913)
912 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Rollo baptized a Christian as "Robert"
Omayyad emirate changes to a caliphate under Abdu-r-Rahman III
Omayyad civilization in Spain reaches its apex under Abdu-r-Rahman III
Leo VI the Wise - (Byzantine Empire) (886-)
Alexander +- (Byzantine Empire) *****
Abdallah - (Cordovan Amirate) (888-)
Abder Rahman III + (Cordovan Caliphate) (-961) Omayyad
Spithnjew I - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Vratislav I + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Oleg (Helgi) - (Kiev) (879-) Grand Duke
Igor + (Kiev) Grand Duke
913 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Edward the Elder recaptures Essex from the Danes
Constantine VII + (Byzantine Empire) (-919) Porphyrogenitus
Oleg (Helgi) -
Anastasius III - (911-)
Lando + (-914)
914 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Garcia - (Leon) (910-)
Ordono II + (Leon) (-924)
Lando - (913-)
John X + (-928)
915 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Battle of Garigliano - Pope John X defeats Saracens (6)
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Kings of Goryeo and Silla send emmisaries to Abaoji of the Khitan at the banks of the Yalu River
916 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
LIAO + (-1125)
917 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Battle of Anchialus - Simeon I of Bulgaria invades Thrace and drives Byzantines out (8/20)
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Great Yue (Southern Han) founded in Guandong and Guangxi
918 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
State of Korgo founded in Korea
Baldwin II - (Flanders) (878-) Count
Arnuff I + (Flanders) (-950) Count (s. Baldwin I)
Conrad I - (Germany) (911-) King (Duke of Franconia)
919 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Henry I the Fowler becomes king of Germany - recognized in his lifetime as founder of new realm "Germany"
Saxon of Ottonian House rules Germany (-1024)
Romanus I usurps Byzantine throne from his son-in-law, Constantine VII, who was in his minority
Henry I the Fowler + (Germany) (-936) King (Duke of Saxony)
Constantine VII - (Byzantine Empire) (913-) Porphyrogenitus
Romanus I Lecapenus + (Byzantine Empire) (-944)
920 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Golden Age of Ghana Empire (-1050)
921 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
922 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
Fatimid Dynasty seizes Morocco
Execution of Hallaj - Sufi mystic - for heresy
Robert I + (France) Capetian (6/22) brother of Eudes
923 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS + (907-960)
LATER LIANG - (I)
LATER TANG + (II)
Battle at Soissons - Robert I killed and Charles III defeated (7/13)
Charles III the Simple - (France) Carolingian
Robert I - (France) (7/13)
Rudolf + (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Berengarius of Friuli - (Italy) (888-) Great Granson of Charlemagne (rival)
Bjorn Erickson - (Sweden) (873-) Skioldung
Eric the Victorious + (Sweden) Skioldung
Dirk I - (Holland) Count
Dirk II + (Holland) (-988) Count
Costa ben Luca 864-923
924 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Athelstan becomes effective ruler of most of England
Edward (the Elder) - (England) (899-) King of Wessex
Athelstan + (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Ordono II - (Leon) (914-)
Fruela II + (Leon) (-925)
925 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Athelstan is crowned King of Wessex (9/4)
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Henry the Fowler wins Lotharingia from its allegiance to France
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Fruela II + (Leon) (924-)
Alfonso IV + (Leon) (-930) the Monk
Sancho Garces - (Navarre)
Garcia Sanchez I + (Navarre) (-970)
Razi (Rhazes) -925 Physician / Scientist
926 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Athelstan annexes Northumbria and forces kings of Wales, Strathclyde, the Picts and Scots to submit
Magyars invade Saxony - ends with nine year truce whereby Henry the Fowler pays yearly tribute
Second Bulgar siege of Constantinople
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Vratislav I - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Drahomire + (Bohemia) Premyslid Regent (von Stoder)
927 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Romanus I of Byzantine Empire makes peace with Peter I, son of Simeon I of Bulgaria
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Simeon I - (Bulgaria) (893-) Czar
Peter I + (Bulgaria) Czar
928 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Drahomire - (Bohemia) Premyslid Regent (von Stoder)
Wenceslaus + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke (Wenzel the Holy) murdered
John X - (914-)
Leo VI +- *****
Stephen VII (or VIII) + (-931)
929 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Charles the Simple dies a prisoner at the Tower of Peronne (10/7)
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Murder of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia
Abd al-Rahman III, emir of Cordova, adopts title of caliph - challenging the authority of the Abbasid Caliphate
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Sindok + (Java)
Al Battani 850-929
930 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Karmathians sack Mecca
Black Stone stolen from the Kaaba
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Alfonso IV - (Leon) (925-) the Monk
Ordono III + (Leon)
Harold I - (Norway) (872-) Harald Fairhair
Eric I Bloodaxe + (Norway) (-934)
931 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Beginning of Byzantine reconquest of Syria
Byzantine forces cross Euphrates near Malatya
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Stephen VII (or VIII) - (928-)
John XI + (-935)
932 Wood block printing adopted in China for mass producing classical books
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Imperial Synod at Erfurt absolves Henry the Fowler from of of truce to the Magyars
Shi'ite Buwaihid dynasty founded in Persia
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
al-Muqtadir - (Abbasid Caliphate) (908-) 18th Abbasid Caliph
al-Qahir + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-934) 19th Abbasid Caliph
933 Sefer ha-Nivhar ha-Emunot ve-D'eol (The Book of Critically Chosen Beliefs and Convictions) (Saadiah Gaon)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Battle of Riade - Henry the Fowler defeats the Magyars in great battle near the Unstrut River
Kingdom of Arles forms
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Hugh of Arles + (Italy) (-947)
934 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Henry the Fowler extends his frontier at Danish expense
Eric I Bloodaxe - (Norway) (930-934)
Haakon I the Good + (Norway) (934-961)
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
al-Qahir - (Abbasid Caliphate) (932-935) 19th Abbasid Caliph
al-Radi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (935-940) 20th Abbasid Caliph
935 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Ikhshidis rule Egypt (-969)
Koryo Period in Korea (-1392) - Koryo state under control
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf … (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Wenceslaus - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke (Wenzel the Holy)
Boleslaus I + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke (Boleslav I)
John XI - (931-935) 125th Pope
936 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
LATER TANG - (II)
LATER JIN + (III)
Otto I is crowned German King at Aachen - most German kings are crowned here (-1531)
Otto I defeats and kills his half-brother Thrankmar
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Rudolf - (France) (923-936) (Raoul of Burgundy)
Louis IV d’Outremer + (France) (936-954) son of Charles the Simple
Henry I the Fowler - (Saxony)(Germany) (919-936) Duke/King
Otto I + (Saxony)(Germany) (936-972) Duke/King
Leo VII + (Patriarchate of Rome) (936-939) 126th Pope
Taejo ... (Goryeo Kingdom) (918-943) Founder (Wang Dynasty)
Henry the Fowler 876-936
937 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Battle of Brunanburh - Athelstan defeats alliance of Scots, Celts, Danes, and Vikings - "King of all Britain"
Dali Kingdom established in Yunnan Province, China - Duan Siping siezes power
938 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Large silver vein is discovered in Saxony at Rammelsberg - provides silver for next two centuries
Athelstan … (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
939 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
First of a series of civil wars break out in Japan
Vietnam gains independence from Chinese hegemony
Athelstan - (England) (924-939) King of Wessex (s. Edward the Elder)
Edmund + (England) (939-946) King of England (b. of Athelstan)
Leo VII - (936-)
Stephen VIII (or IX) + (-942)
940 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
al-Radi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (934-) 20th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muttaqi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-944) 21st Abbasid Caliph
Firdausi (Ferdowsi) 940-1020 Poet/Historian (Khurasan, Persia)
Gerbert of Aurillac 940-1003
Abul Wefa 940-998
941 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Gorm the Old - (Denmark) (883-)
Harold Blaatand + (Denmark) (-991) the Bluetooth
942 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Constantine II - (Scotland)
Malcolm I + (Scotland)
Stephen VIII (or IX) - (939-)
Marinus II + (-946)
Gaon, Sa'adyah ben Joseph 882-942 Philosopher (Jewish)
943 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
944 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960) China
Romanus I of Byzantium is overthrown by his two sons who in turn are overthrown by Constantine VII
Al-Askari Mosque is built in Samarra under supervision of Hamdanid governor Nasir ad-Dawla
Romanus I Lecapenus - (Byzantine Empire) (919-)
Constantine VII + (Byzantine Empire) (-959) Porphyrogenitus
al-Muttaqi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (940-) 21st Abbasid Caliph
al-Mustakfi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-946) 22nd Abbasid Caliph
945 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Scots annex Cumberland and Westmorland from the English
Dunstan becomes abbot of Glastonbury
Buwaihid Persians capture and occupy Baghdad and control the Abbasid caliph
Igor - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Saint Olga + (Kiev) Regent
Abbo of Fleury 945-1004
946 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
LATER JIN - (III)
Dunstan becomes Edred's chief minister
Edmund - (England) (939-) King of England (b. of Athelstan)
Edred + (England) (-955) King of England (b. of Edmund)
al-Mustakfi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (944-) 22nd Abbasid Caliph
al-Muti' + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-974) 23rd Abbasid Caliph
Marinus II - (942-)
Agapetus II + (-955)
947 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
LATER HAN + (IV)
Hugh of Arles - (Italy) (933-)
Lothair II + (Italy) (-950)
948 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Romanus I -948 Emperor (Byzantine)
949 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
950 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
LATER HAN - (IV)
LATER ZHOU + (V)
Bohemia becomes part of Holy Roman Empire - Boleslav forced to acknowledge Otto I's supremacy
Kupe, great Maori navigator discovers New Zealand on canoe voyage
Lothair II - (Italy) (947-)
Berengarius II of Ivrea + (Italy) (-961) Grandson of Berengarius of Friuli
Malcolm I - (Scotland) (953)
Indulf + (Scotland) (-962)
Arnuff I - (Flanders) (918-) Count (s. Baldwin I)
Baldwin III + (Flanders) (-961) Count
Hasdai ibn Shaprut of Cordova fl. Physician / Scholar
Al Farabi 870-950 Philosopher
951 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Otto I campaigns in Italy
952 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
953 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Moizz + (Fatimid Caliphate) (-975) 4th Fatimid Caliph
954 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Louis IV d’Outremer - (France) (936-) Son of Charles the Simple
Lothair + (France)
955 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Battle of Lechfeld - Otto I defeats the Magyars and ends their westward advance (8/10)
Edred - (England) (946-955) King of England (b. of Edmund)
Edwy + (England) King of England (son of Edwy)
Saint Olga - (Kiev) Regent
Sviatoslav + (Kiev) Grand Duke
Agapetus II - (946-)
John XII + (-964)
Guido d' Arezzo 955-1050
956 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Edwy sends Dunstan into exile
Ordono III - (Leon)
Sancho I + (Leon) the Fat
957 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Mercians and Northumbrians rebel against Edwy
958 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
959 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS ... (907-960)
Dunstan recalled from exile - becomes archbishop of Cantebury
Constantine VII - (Byzantine Empire) Porphyrogenitus
Romanus II + (Byzantine Empire) (-963)
Edwy - (England) King of England (son of Edwy)
Edgar + (England) (959-975) King of England (b. Edwy)
960 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS - (907-960)
Sung dynasty begins
Mieszko I becomes first ruler of Poland
Mieszko I + (Polish Kingdom) (960-992)1st Duke Piast Dynasty
961 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Otto I undertakes second expedition to Italy to protect Pope John XII (-992)
Berengarius II of Ivrea - (Italy) (950-) Grandson of Berengarius of Friuli
Baldwin III - (Flanders) (950-) Count
Arnuff I the Elder + (Flanders) (-964) Count (Son of Baldwin II)
Abder Rahman III - (Cordovan Caliphate) (912-) Omayyad
Hakam II + (Cordovan Caliphate) (961-976)
Haakon I the Good - (Norway) (934-)
Harold II Graypelt + (Norway)
962 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Revival of Roman Empire in West - Otto I crowned emperor by Pope John XII - Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire unites Italy and Germany
Saint Bernard's Hospice founded in Switzerland
Indulf - (Scotland) (950-)
Dubh + (Scotland) (962-967)
963 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Romanus II - (Byzantine Empire) (959-)
Basil II Bulgaroctonus +- (Byzantine Empire) *****
Nicephorus II Phocas + (Byzantine Empire) (963-969)
Leo VIII (antipope?) + (-965)
964 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Arnuff I the Elder - (Flanders) (961-) Count (Son of Baldwin II)
Arnuff II the Younger + (Flanders) (964-989) Count
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
John XII - (955-)
Benedict V (antipope?) + (-966)
965 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Byzantium retakes Crete and Cyprus (962)
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
Leo VIII (antipope?) - (963-)
John XIII + (-972)
Mutanabbi -966 Neoclassical poet
966 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Mieszko I, first Duke of Poland is baptized (4)
Otto I's third expedition to Italy (-972) - his son Otto II crowned as future Emperor
Sancho I King of Léon dies from poisoning
Harold II Graypelt ... (Norway) (961-977) King
Dubh ... (Scotland) (962-967)
Edgar + (England) (959-975) King of England (b. Edwy)
Arnuff II the Younger ... (Flanders) (964-989) Count
Dirk II ... (Holland) (923-988) Count
Garcia Sanchez I ... (Navarre) (925-970) King
Sancho I The Fat - (Léon) (960-966)2 King (poisoned)
Ramiro III + (Léon) (966-984) King
Hakam II ... (Cordovan Caliphate) (961-976)
Otto I The Great ... (HRE) (962-673) Emperor (Saxon Dynasty)
Boleslaus I The Cruel ... (Bohemia) (935-967) Premyslid Duke (Boleslav I)
Pietro IV Candiano ... (Venice) (959-976) Doge
John XIII ... (Patriarchate of Rome) (965-972)
Mieszko I ... (Polish Kingdom) (960-992) 1st Duke (Piast Dynasty)
Peter I ... (Bulgaria) (927-969) Czar (abdicated)
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
al-Muti' ... (Abbasid Caliphate) (946-974) 23rd Abbasid Caliph
Moizz ... (Fatimid Caliphate) (953-975) 4th Fatimid Caliph
Muzong ... (Khitan Empire) (951-969) Emperor (Liao Dynasty)
Taizu ... (Song China) (960-976) 1st Emperor (Zhao Kuangyin)
Liu Chengjun ... (Northern Han) (954-970)
Li Houzhu ... (Southern Tang) (961-975)
Qian Shu ... (Wuyue Kingdom) (947-978) King
Guangjong ... (Goryeo Kingdom) (949-975) King
Murakami ... (Heian Japan) (946-967) 62nd Emperor
Benedict V (antipope?) - (964-)
967 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Dubh - (Scotland) (962-)
Colin (Cuilean) + (Scotland) (-971)
Sancho I - (Leon) the Fat
Ramiro III + (Leon)
Boleslaus I The Cruel - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke (Boleslav I)
Boleslaus II + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
968 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
End of Khazar Empire
Gaonate of Sherira and Hai (-1038)]
Nicephorus II Phocas ... (Byzantine Empire) (963-969) Emperor
969 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Fatimids conquer Egypt and build Cairo as the capital
Nicephorus II Phocas - (Byzantine Empire) (963-)
John I Tzimisces + (Byzantine Empire)
Peter I - (Bulgaria) Czar
Boris II + (Bulgaria) Czar
970 Gero Crucifix - Cologne Cathedral (-976)
Mosque-university of al-Azhar construction in Cairo by the Fatimids
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Seljuk Turks enter Persia
Reemergence of Chalukukyan power and defeat of Raschtrakutas
Garcia Sanchez I - (Navarre) (925-970) King
Sancho Abarca + (Navarre)
971 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Colin (Cuilean) - (Scotland) (967-)
Kenneth II + (Scotland)
972 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Saracen’s last stronghold in Provence destroyed at La Garde-Freinet
Sviatoslav - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Yaropolk + (Kiev) Grand Duke
Boris II - (Bulgaria) Czar
Geza + (Hungary) Duke
John XIII - (965-)
Al Hasan, Abu 972-1058
973 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Otto I the Great dies (5/7)
Moizz (4th Fatimid Caliph) moves capital from Mahdia to newly established Cairo
Otto I - (Holy Roman Empire) King (son of Henry the Fowler)
Otto II + (Holy Roman Empire) King of Germany (son of Otto I)
Benedict VI + (-974)
974 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
al-Muti' - (Abbasid Caliphate) (946-974) 23rd Abbasid Caliph
al-Ta'i' + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-991) 24thAbbasid Caliph
Benedict VI - (973-)
Boniface VII (antipope) +- *****
Benedict VII + (-983)
975 The Three Marys at the Tomb (Benedictional of st. Aethelwold) (-980)
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Byzantine forces under John I Tzimisces reach suburbs of Baghdad (& Jerusalem?)
John I Tzimisces reconquers Syria and Palestine
Edgar - (England) King of England (brother of Edwy)
Edward (the Martyr) + (England) King of England (son of Edgar)
Moizz - (Fatimid Caliphate) (953-975) 4th Fatimid Caliph
976 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Basil II and his brother Constantine succeed as Byzantine co-emperors (1/11)
Civil war in the Byzantine Empire (-979)
John I Tzimisces - (Byzantine Empire)
Basil II Bulgaroctonus + (Byzantine Empire) (976-1025) Emperor
Leopold I + (Austria) Margrave
Hakam II - (Cordovan Caliphate) (961-) Alhaken
Hisham II + (Cordovan Caliphate) Hixen
Samuel + (Bulgaria) Prince
977 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Harold II Graypelt - (Norway) (961-977) King
Earl Haakan + (Norway)
978 Chinese begin compiling an encyclopedia of 1000 volumes
BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Edward the Martyr murdered at Corfe Castle (3/18)
Edward (the Martyr) - (England) King of England (son of Edgar)murdered
Aethelred (the Unready) + (England) King of England (b. Edward the Martyr)
979 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Pancalia - Basil Phocas vs. Bardas Sclerus (3/24)
980 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Arabs settle on East coast of Africa
Danes renew their raids on England - attack Chester and Southampton
Avicenna 980-1037
Zoe 980- Byzantine Empress
Yaropolk - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Saint Vladimir + (Kiev) Grand Duke (The Sunny)
981 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Eric the Red - exiled from Iceland - settles in Greenland - named to attract colonists
982 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Ramiro III - (Leon)
Bermudo II + (Leon)
983 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Otto II - (Holy Roman Empire) King of Germany (son of Otto I)
Otto III + (Holy Roman Empire) (-1002)
Benedict VII - (974-)
John XIV + (-984)
984 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Boniface VII (antipope) + (-985)
John XIV - (983-)
985 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Basil the Great deposes Basil, Lord Chamberlain and regent - sends him into exile
Boniface VII (antipope) - (984-)
John XV + (-996)
986 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Lothair - (France)
Louis V le Faineant + (France)
987 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Capetian Dynasty founded in France with accession of Hugh Capet (-1328)
Louis V le Faineant - (France)
Hugh Capet + (France) King
988 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Vladimir if Kiev introduces Eastern Orthodox religion into his lands
Dirk II - (Holland) (923-988) Count
Arnold + (Holland) Count
989 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Baptism of Vladimir of Kiev
Arnuff II the Younger - (Flanders) (964-) Count
Baldwin IV + (Flanders) (-1035) Count (the Handsome Beard)
990 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
991 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Maldon - Danish invaders defeat Byrhtnoth of Essex
Ethelred II buys off the Danes with 10,000 pounds of silver
al-Ta'i' - (Abbasid Caliphate) (974-) 24th Abbasid Caliph
al'-Qadir + (Abbasid Caliphate) (991-1031) 25th Abbasid Caliph
Harold Blaatand - (Denmark) (941-) the Bluetooth
Sweyn I + (Denmark) the Splitbeard (985)
992 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Ethelred makes a truce with Duke Richard I of Normandy
Mieszko I - (Polish Kingdom) (960-) King Piast Dynasty
Boleslaus I the Brave + (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty (son of Mieszko I) (-1025)
Nagrela, Samuel ibn 992-1055 Grenada
993 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Olaf Skutkonung becomes first Christian king of Sweden
Eric the Victorious - (Sweden) Skioldung
Eric Arsaell + (Sweden) Skioldung
Arnold - (Holland) Count
Dirk III + (Holland) Count
994 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Danes under Sweyn and Norwegians under Olaf Trygvesson sail up Thames and seige London
Ethelred buys off Sweyn and Olaf
Sancho Abarca - (Navarre)
Garcia Sanchez II + (Navarre)
Leopold I - (Austria) Margrave
Henry I + (Austria) Margrave
995 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Golden Age of the arts in Japan under Fujiwara (-1028)
Olaf Trygvesson returns to Norway and deposes Haakan the Great - makes himself king
Kenneth II - (Scotland)
Constantine III + (Scotland)
Earl Haakan - (Norway)
Olaf I Tryggvason + (Norway)
Fujiwara Michinaga + (Japan)
996 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Hugh Capet - (France) (987-) King
Robert II the Pious + (France) King (son of Hugh Capet)
Richard II + (Normandy) Duke
Hakim + (Fatimid Caliph) (-1021) 6th Fatimid Caliph
John XV - (985-)
Gregory V + (-999)
997 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Constantine III - (Scotland)
Kenneth III + (Scotland) (-1005)
Geza - (Hungary) Duke
Stephen I + (Hungary) King (Saint)
John XVI (antipope) + (-998)
998 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Mahmud founds empire in India
Mahmud + (Ghazni Empire) (998-1030) n. India / eastern Afghanistan
John XVI (antipope) - (997-998)
999 BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ... (680-1355)
Battle of Svolder - Sweyn kills Olaf of Norway and annexes Norway to Denmark (9) (999 or 1000)
Poles conquer Silesia
Baguda first king of Kano in northern Nigeria
Mahmud of Ghazni establishes the first Turkish Moslem Empire in Afghanistan
Bermudo II - (Leon)
Alfonso V + (Leon) the Noble
Boleslaus II - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Boleslaus III + (Bohemia) (999-1002)Premyslid Duke
Gregory V - (996-)
Sylvester II + (999-1003)