912 CE
Emperor Taizu (Zhu Wen) 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. Abd al-Rahman III succeeds his grandfather Abdullah ibn Muhammad (after his execution) and becomes emir of Córdoba (Al-Andalus). 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 (Danish territory in England).
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- 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 (Danish territory in England).source
Conflict & Security
- German dukes Henry the Fowler of Saxony and Arnulf I (the Bad) 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.source
- The second rebellion in two years, of the Kutama tribesmen against the Fatimid Caliphate, occurs.source
- King Ordoño II of Galicia continues his expansion of the Christian polity. He sacks the cities of Mérida and Évora.source
- 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.source
Religion & Belief
Crime & Justice
- July 18 – Emperor Taizu (Zhu Wen) 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.source
Births
- November 23 – Otto I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 973)source
- Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian (d. 981)source
- Hyejong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 945)source
- Ryōgen, Japanese monk and abbot (d. 985)source
- Willa of Tuscany, queen consort of Italy (or 911)source
- Alberic II, princeps and duke of Spoleto (d. 954)source
- Ma Xichong, governor and ruler of Chu (d. 951)source
- Frederick I, duke of Upper Lorraine (approximate date)source
- Nakatsukasa, Japanese waka poet (d. 991)source
- Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese nobleman and samurai (d. 997)source
- Pelagius of Córdoba, Christian martyr (d. 926)source
- Nikephoros II, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 969)source
Deaths
- May 11 – Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) dies after a 26-year reign, in which he has completed the Byzantine code of laws (Basilika). He is succeeded by his brother Alexander III as emperor (basileus) 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.source
- May 25 – Xue Yiju, chancellor of Later Liangsource
- July 18 – Zhu Wen, emperor of Later Liang (b. 852)source
- August 15 – Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b. 855)source
- October 15 – Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Muslim emir (b. 844)source
- October 25 – Rudolph I, king of Burgundy (b. 859)source
- November 30 – Otto I, duke of Saxonysource
- Notker the Stammerer, Benedictine monksource
- Hyogong, king of Silla (Korea) (b. 885)source
- Ibn Khordadbeh, Persian geographersource
- Smbat I, king of Armenia (approximate date)source
- Pietro Tribuno, doge of Venice (approximate date)source
- Qusta ibn Luqa, Syrian Melkite physician (b. 820)source
- Guanxiu, Chinese Buddhist monk and poet (b. 832)source