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928 CE

Louis III (the Blind), former king of Provence (Lower Burgundy), dies at Arles after a 27-year reign (of which 23 are sightless). He is succeeded by his brother-in-law Hugh I who is King of Italy. With the approval of his kinsman Rudolph I, Hugh strips Louis's son and heir, Charles Constantine, of his inheritance and proclaims himself as ruler of Provence. Tryphon succeeds Stephen II as patriarch of Constantinople (until 931). King Hywel Dda (the Good) of Deheubarth makes a pilgrimage to Rome, he becomes the first Welsh ruler to undertake such a trip. Hywel begins the codification of medieval Welsh law and mints his own coinage.

Conflict & Security

  • King Rudolph I loses the support of Herbert II, count of Vermandois, who controls the prison at Péronne in which former King Charles III (the Simple) is imprisoned. Herbert brings him before William I (Longsword), count of Rouen, for homage and then to Rheims as leverage to blackmail Rudolph to make him cede sovereignty over Laon (Northern France).source
  • Winter – King Henry I (the Fowler) subdues the Polabian Slavs who live on the eastern borders. He then marches against the Slavic Hevelli tribes and seizes their capital, Brandenburg. Henry invades the Glomacze lands in the middle Elbe valley, where he besieges and destroys the main castle called Gana (the later Albrechtsburg) at Meissen (Saxony).source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Summer – A Fatimid fleet under Sabir al-Fata raids Byzantine southern Italy. It captures a locality named al-Ghiran ('the caves') in Apulia and sacks the cities of Taranto and Otranto. The inhabitants are carried off to North Africa as slaves.source

Religion & Belief

  • July 18 – Tryphon succeeds Stephen II as patriarch of Constantinople (until 931).source
  • Summer – Pope John X is deposed and imprisoned in Castel Sant'Angelo at Rome by order of the Roman senatrix Marozia after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by Leo VI as the 123rd pope of the Catholic Church.source

Economy & Finance

  • King Hywel Dda (the Good) of Deheubarth makes a pilgrimage to Rome, he becomes the first Welsh ruler to undertake such a trip. Hywel begins the codification of medieval Welsh law and mints his own coinage.source

Births

  • August 14 – Qian Hongzuo, king of Wuyue (d. 947)source
  • Shi Shouxin, Chinese general (d. 984)source
  • Dub mac Maíl Coluīm, king of Scotland (d. 967)source
  • Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (d. 987)source
  • Qian Hongzong, king of Wuyue (d. 971)source

Deaths

  • January 20 – Zhao Guangfeng, Chinese official and chancellorsource
  • June 5 – Louis the Blind, Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperorsource
  • June 5 – Louis III (the Blind), former king of Provence (Lower Burgundy), dies at Arles after a 27-year reign (of which 23 are sightless). He is succeeded by his brother-in-law Hugh I who is King of Italy. With the approval of his kinsman Rudolph I, Hugh strips Louis's son and heir, Charles Constantine, of his inheritance and proclaims himself as ruler of Provence.source
  • July 18 – Stephen II, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • November 8 – Duan Ning, Chinese generalsource
  • Ishanavarman II, king of the Khmer Empiresource
  • Diogo Fernandes, count of Portugalsource
  • Ishanavarman II dies after a 5-year reign and is succeeded by his uncle Jayavarman IV as king of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia). He moves the capital north from Angkor to Koh Ker.source
  • Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj, Sajid emirsource
  • Huo Yanwei, Chinese general (b. 872)source
  • Tomislav, duke and king of Croatiasource
  • Zhang Juhan, Chinese official (b. 858)source
  • Siyahchashm, Justanid ruler (mahdi)source
  • Al-Layth ibn Ali ibn al-Layth, Saffarid emirsource