929
Year 929 (CMXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| Gregorian calendar | 929 CMXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1682 |
| Armenian calendar | 378 ԹՎ ՅՀԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5679 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 850–851 |
| Bengali calendar | 336 |
| Berber calendar | 1879 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1473 |
| Burmese calendar | 291 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6437–6438 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3625 or 3565 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3626 or 3566 |
| Coptic calendar | 645–646 |
| Discordian calendar | 2095 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 921–922 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4689–4690 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 985–986 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 850–851 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4029–4030 |
| Holocene calendar | 10929 |
| Iranian calendar | 307–308 |
| Islamic calendar | 316–317 |
| Japanese calendar | Enchō 7 (延長７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 828–829 |
| Julian calendar | 929 CMXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3262 |
| Minguo calendar | 983 before ROC 民前983年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −539 |
| Seleucid era | 1240/1241 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1471–1472 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1055 or 674 or −98 — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1056 or 675 or −97 |
Events
By place
Europe
- January 16 – Emir Abd-al-Rahman III of Córdoba 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 (the Philosopher) 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 I (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 – Former king Charles III (the Simple) of 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 Java 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)
- Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (d. 990)
- Guo Zhongshu, Chinese painter (approximate date)
- Kishi Joō, Japanese female 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)
- March 26 – Wang Du, Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi)
- June 7 – Ælthryth, English princess and countess of Flanders (b. 877)
- October 7 – Charles III (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)
- Cui Xie, Chinese official and chancellor
- Gao Yu, Chinese chief strategist
- Indra III, ruler of Rashtrakuta (India)
- Leo VI, pope of the Catholic Church
- Lothar I, Frankish nobleman (b. 902)
- Lothar II, Frankish nobleman (b. 874)
- Padla II, prince of Kakheti (Georgia)
- Sancho Ordóñez, king of Galicia (Spain)
- Thumal the Qahraman, Abbasid female judge
- Zhao Jingyi, Chinese general and governor
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References
- Abd-ar-Rahman III Archived 17 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Spuler, Bertold; F.R.C. Bagley. The Muslim world: a historical survey, Part 4. Brill Archive. p. 252. ISBN 9789004061965.
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