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941 CE

The famed Green Dome of the Palace of the Golden Gate at Baghdad collapses, amidst heavy rainfall. Oda ("the Good") is appointed archbishop of Canterbury in England after the death of Wulfhelm. Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to the Sensō-ji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan, is erected.

Conflict & Security

  • Spring – Henry I, duke of Bavaria, plots to assassinate his brother, King Otto I, at the royal palace in Quedlinburg (modern Saxony-Anhalt), but the conspiracy is discovered and Henry is put in captivity in Ingelheim. He is released after doing penance at Christmas.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Fall – Hugh of Provence, king of Italy, leads a fourth expedition to Rome to dislodge Alberic II. He proceeds to Lazio, preparing a campaign to capture the papal capital. Again the attacks fail and Hugh retreats to Milan.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to the Sensō-ji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan, is erected.source

Crime & Justice

  • Olaf Guthfrithson, a Norse-Irish chieftain, is killed while raiding an ancient Anglian church at Tyninghame (Northern Northumbria). He is succeeded by his cousin Olaf Sigtryggsson as ruler of Jórvik (modern Yorkshire).source

Disasters & Accidents

  • March 9 – The famed Green Dome of the Palace of the Golden Gate at Baghdad collapses, amidst heavy rainfall.source

Births

  • Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (approximate date) (d. 1014)source
  • Lothair III, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (d. 986)source
  • Lê Hoàn, emperor of the Early Lê Dynasty (Vietnam) (d.1005)source
  • Ibn Furak, Muslim imam, jurist and theologian (d. 1015)source
  • Hugh Capet, first of the Capetian Kings of France (d. 996)source

Deaths

  • January 5 – Zhang Yanhan, Chinese chancellor (b. 884)source
  • February 12 – Wulfhelm, archbishop of Canterburysource
  • April 21 – Bajkam, Turkish military commandersource
  • Qian Yuanguan, king of Wuyue (b. 887)source
  • Olaf Guthfrithson, Viking leader and kingsource
  • Gurgen II, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)source
  • Jayavarman IV, Angkorian king (Cambodia)source
  • Oda ("the Good") is appointed archbishop of Canterbury in England after the death of Wulfhelm.source
  • Zhao Sun, Chinese official and chancellorsource
  • Wang Dingbao, Chinese chancellor (b. 870)source
  • Rudaki ("Adam of Poets"), Persian poet (b. 858)source
  • Órlaith íngen Cennétig, Irish queensource
  • Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Persian scholar (b. 864)source
  • Fujiwara no Sumitomo, Japanese noblemansource