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938 CE

King Otto I besieges the fortress of Eresburg. He defeats his half-brother Thankmar and kills him as he tries to find sanctuary. Eberhard III, duke of Franconia, is banished and replaced by his uncle Berthold. The Sixteen Prefectures, which includes the area around modern-day Beijing, are absorbed in the Khitan Empire. Summer – The Hungarian army invades Northern Italy with the permission of King Hugh of Arles. They cross the Apennines, and sack the Lombard lands in Tuscany, Lazio and Campania. Finally, the Hungarians are defeated at Wolfenbüttel by a Saxon army.

Conflict & Security

  • July – King Otto I besieges the fortress of Eresburg. He defeats his half-brother Thankmar and kills him as he tries to find sanctuary. Eberhard III, duke of Franconia, is banished and replaced by his uncle Berthold.source
  • Battle of Bach Dang: Tĩnh Hải Quân forces under the rule of Ngô Quyền defeated an invading force of the Southern Han state at the Bach Dang River. This put an end to Chinese imperial domination in Vietnam after nearly 1,000 years.source
  • The Sixteen Prefectures, which includes the area around modern-day Beijing, are absorbed in the Khitan Empire.source
  • Fall – Otto I defeats in two campaigns a series of uprisings in Saxony, Franconia and Lotharingia. He signs a "friendship pact" with King Louis IV ("d'Outremer") of the West Frankish Kingdom.source
  • Summer – The Hungarian army invades Northern Italy with the permission of King Hugh of Arles. They cross the Apennines, and sack the Lombard lands in Tuscany, Lazio and Campania. Finally, the Hungarians are defeated at Wolfenbüttel by a Saxon army.source

Births

  • September 14 – Sahib ibn Abbad, Buyid grand vizier (d. 995)source
  • Olaf the Peacock, Icelandic merchant and chieftain (approximate date)source
  • Sancho II, king of Navarre (approximate date)source
  • García Fernández, count of Castile and Álava (approximate date)source
  • Beatrice of France, duchess regent of Upper Lorraine (approximate date)source
  • Almanzor, Umayyad vizier and de facto ruler (approximate date)source
  • Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)source

Deaths

  • February 3 – Zhou Ben, general of Wu (b. 862)source
  • July 28 – Thankmar, half-brother of Otto I (during the Siege of Eresburg)source
  • Lady Peng, noblewoman of Chu (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • Lady Ise, Japanese noblewoman and poet (b. 875) (approximate date)source
  • Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Khara'iti, Abbasid theologiansource
  • Shen Song, chancellor of Wuyue (b. 863)source