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Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• May 11 - Emperor Leo VI dies after a 26-year reign, in which he has completed the Byzantine code of laws. He is succeeded by his brother Alexander III as emperor alongside Leo's 6-year-old son Constantine VII. Alexander becomes de facto ruler of the Byzantine Empire and expels Empress Zoe Karbonopsina, the mother of Constantine, from the palace and exiles her to a nunnery.

  Europe

• German dukes Henry the Fowler of Saxony and Arnulf I of Bavaria claim themselves to be sovereign princes, not recognizing the authority of their overlord, King Conrad I of the East Frankish Kingdom, as he is not a Carolingian. Duke Erchanger II of Swabia and Conrad's brother, Duke Eberhard III of Franconia, support the Conradines.
• Orso II Participazio becomes the doge of Venice. He sends his son Pietro to Constantinople in order to re-establish the relationship with Alexander III.
• King Ordoño II of Galicia continues his expansion of the Christian polity. He sacks the cities of Mérida and Évora.

  Britain

• Lady Æthelflæd expands her policy by building defensive burghs at Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. The fortifications are needed to protect Mercia against plundering Vikings from the Danelaw.

  Arabian Empire

• October 16 - Abd al-Rahman III succeeds his grandfather Abdullah ibn Muhammad and becomes emir of Córdoba.
• The second rebellion in two years, of the Kutama tribesmen against the Fatimid Caliphate, occurs.

  China

• July 18 - Emperor Taizu is murdered in the imperial palace at Kaifeng by his eldest living son Zhu Yougui after a 5-year reign. He succeeds his father as the ruler of Later Liang.

  By topic

Religion

• Euthymius I is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople, and Nicholas Mystikos is restored.

  Births

• November 23 - Otto I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
• Alberic II, princeps and duke of Spoleto
• Frederick I, duke of Upper Lorraine
• Hyejong, king of Goryeo
• Ma Xichong, governor and ruler of Chu
• Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese nobleman and samurai
• Nakatsukasa, Japanese waka poet
• Nikephoros II, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
• Pelagius of Córdoba, Christian martyr
• Ryōgen, Japanese monk and abbot
• Willa of Tuscany, queen consort of Italy
• Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian

  Deaths

• May 11 - Leo VI, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
• May 25 - Xue Yiju, chancellor of Later Liang
• July 18 - Zhu Wen, emperor of Later Liang
• August 15 - Han Jian, Chinese warlord
• October 15 - Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Muslim emir
• October 25 - Rudolph I, king of Burgundy
• November 30 - Otto I, duke of Saxony
• Ahmad ibn Yusuf, Muslim mathematician
• Guanxiu, Chinese Buddhist monk and poet
• Hermenegildo Gutiérrez, Galician nobleman
• Hyogong, king of Silla
• Ibn Khordadbeh, Persian geographer
• Notker the Stammerer, Benedictine monk
• Oleg of Novgorod, Varangian prince
• Pietro Tribuno, doge of Venice
• Qusta ibn Luqa, Syrian Melkite physician
• Rudalt, Breton nobleman
• Smbat I, king of Armenia
• Wilferth, bishop of Lichfield
• Zhang Ce, chancellor of Later Liang
• Zhu Youwen, prince of Later Liang