933 CE

Battle of Merseburg: King Henry I ("the Fowler") defeats the Magyars near Merseburg after his refusal to pay the annual tribute. During Henry's lifetime they never raid the East Frankish Kingdom again. Fatimid forces fail to seize the Maghreb al-Aqsa (modern Morocco) from the local Berber tribes allied to the Iberia-based Caliphate of Córdoba. Prince Edwin, the youngest son of the late King Edward the Elder, is drowned en route to the West Frankish Kingdom and buried at Saint-Bertin.

In the 930s, the 10th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • William I ("Longsword"), duke of Normandy, recognises King Rudolph as his overlord. In turn he gives William the Cotentin Peninsula and the Channel Islands.source

Conflict & Security

  • March 15 – Battle of Merseburg: King Henry I ("the Fowler") defeats the Magyars near Merseburg after his refusal to pay the annual tribute. During Henry's lifetime they never raid the East Frankish Kingdom again.source
  • Fatimid forces fail to seize the Maghreb al-Aqsa (modern Morocco) from the local Berber tribes allied to the Iberia-based Caliphate of Córdoba.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Spring – Hugh of Provence, king of Italy, launches an expedition to Rome to remove the Roman ruler (princeps) Alberic II and avenge his humiliation (see 932). It fails, however, as Roman civic militias repel the Lombard army. Hugh ravages the Italian countryside, before he withdraws to Pavia.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • Prince Edwin, the youngest son of the late King Edward the Elder, is drowned en route to the West Frankish Kingdom and buried at Saint-Bertin.source

Births

  • Al-Hakim Nishapuri, Persian Sunni scholar (died 1014)source

Deaths

  • March 10 – Li Renfu, Chinese warlord and governorsource
  • March 16 – Takin al-Khazari, Abbasid governor of Egyptsource
  • November 21 – Al-Tahawi, Arab imam and scholar (born 853)source
  • December 9 – Li Congrong, prince of Later Tangsource
  • December 15 – Li Siyuan, emperor of Later Tang (born 867)source
  • December 18 – Yaonian Yanmujin, Chinese empress dowagersource
  • Shaghab, mother and de facto co-ruler of Al-Muqtadirsource
  • Ealdred I, ruler ('king') of Bernicia (approximate date)source
  • Alfonso IV, king of León and Galicia (Spain)source
  • Ibn Duraid, Arab poet and philologist (born 837)source
  • Harald Fairhair, king of Norway (approximate date)source
  • Mu'nis al-Muzaffar, Abbasid generalsource
  • Adelolf, count of Boulogne (approximate date)source
  • Edwin, English prince and son of Edward the Eldersource