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923 CE

The Later Liang, one of the Five Dynasties in China, falls to Later Tang (founded by Li Cunxu). Li proclaims himself emperor and moves his residence back to the old Tang capital of Luoyang. 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 (until 936). The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • May 13 – The Later Liang, one of the Five Dynasties in China, falls to Later Tang (founded by Li Cunxu). Li proclaims himself emperor and moves his residence back to the old Tang capital of Luoyang.source

Conflict & Security

  • 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 (until 936).source
  • 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 (Tuscany). A pact is reached between Rudolph and Berengar, who abdicates the imperial throne and cedes sovereignty over the rest of Italy.source
  • August 11 – The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra.source

Births

  • September 7 – Suzaku, emperor of Japan (d. 952)source
  • Fujiwara no Nakafumi, Japanese waka poet (d. 992)source
  • Al-Shaykh al-Saduq, Muslim scholar (approximate date)source
  • Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Muslim intellectual (d. 1023)source
  • Eadred (or Edred), king of England (d. 955)source
  • Jeongjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 949)source
  • Liu Honggao, Chinese chancellor (d. 943)source

Deaths

  • June 15 – Robert I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (b. 860)source
  • August 2 – Plegmund, archbishop of Canterbury (or 914)source
  • August 27 – Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empresssource
  • October 8 – Pilgrim I, archbishop of Salzburgsource
  • November 20 – Li Zhen, official of Later Liangsource
  • November 20 – Jing Xiang, Chinese strategistsource
  • Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Persian scholar (b. 839)source
  • Ricwin (or Ricuin), Frankish noblemansource
  • Ibn Khuzaymah, Muslim hadith and scholar (b. 837)source
  • Wang Yanzhang, general of Later Liang (b. 863)source
  • Harshavarman I, king of Angkor (Cambodia)source
  • Zhao Yan, military prefect and official of Later Liangsource
  • Zhu Youzhen, emperor of Later Liang (b. 888)source
  • Adarnase IV, prince of Iberia/Kartli (Georgia)source