923

Year 923 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

June 15 - Battle of Soissons: King Robert I is killed; the Frankish army, led by Charles the Simple, is defeated and routed near Soissons. Charles is captured and imprisoned at Péronne. The nobles elect Robert's son-in-law Rudolph, duke of Burgundy, as king of the West Frankish Kingdom.
July 29 - Battle of Fiorenzuola: Lombard forces led by King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the deposed Emperor Berengar I at Firenzuola. A pact is reached between Rudolph and Berengar, who abdicates the imperial throne and cedes sovereignty over the rest of Italy.
Asia
May 13 - The Later Liang, one of the Five Dynasties in China, falls to Later Tang. Li proclaims himself emperor and moves his residence back to the old Tang capital of Luoyang.
August 11 - The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra.

Births

September 7 - Suzaku, emperor of Japan
Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Muslim intellectual
Al-Shaykh al-Saduq, Muslim scholar
Eadred, king of England
Fujiwara no Nakafumi, Japanese waka poet
Jeongjong, king of Goryeo
Liu Honggao, Chinese chancellor
Deaths
June 15 - Robert I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom
August 2 - Plegmund, archbishop of Canterbury
August 27 - Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empress
October 8 - Pilgrim I, archbishop of Salzburg
November 20
* Jing Xiang, Chinese strategist
* Li Zhen, official of Later Liang
Abu Bakr al-Khallal, Muslim scholar and jurist
Adarnase IV, prince of Iberia/Kartli
Badr al-Hammami, Abbasid general
Gurgen I, prince of Tao-Klarjeti
Harshavarman I, king of Angkor
Ibn Khuzaymah, Muslim hadith and scholar
Ma Chuo, general and official of Wuyue
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Persian scholar
Reccared, Galician clergyman
Ricwin, Frankish nobleman
Walter, archbishop of Sens
Wang Yanzhang, general of Later Liang
Zhao Yan, military prefect and official of Later Liang
Zhu Youzhen, emperor of Later Liang