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.

In the 920s, the 10th century.

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

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

Deaths

  • June 15 – Robert I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (born 860)source
  • 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
  • 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 (born 839)source
  • Wang Yanzhang, general of Later Liang (born 863)source
  • Abu Bakr al-Khallal, Muslim scholar and jurist (born 848)source
  • Zhao Yan, military prefect and official of Later Liangsource
  • Zhu Youzhen, emperor of Later Liang (born 888)source
  • Badr al-Hammami (the Elder), Abbasid generalsource
  • Adarnase IV, prince of Iberia/Kartli (Georgia)source