952 CE

Summer – At the Reichstag in Augsburg (assembled by King Otto I), joined by German nobles and bishops, Berengar of Ivrea pays homage. He becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom. Otto leaves a strong garrison at Pavia in the hands of his son-in-law Conrad the Red, duke of Lotharingia. King Constantine II dies at the monastery of St. Andrews (where he has been retired since 943). His cousin and ruling monarch, Malcolm I, fights a battle against the Northmen or the Norse–Gaels. Summer – Kalbid forces under Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi (an aristocratic member of the ruling Fatimid Caliphate) sail from Sicily and invade Byzantine Calabria. He attacks several towns, including Gerace and Cassono.

In the 950s, the 10th century.

Conflict & Security

  • Summer – Kalbid forces under Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi (an aristocratic member of the ruling Fatimid Caliphate) sail from Sicily and invade Byzantine Calabria. He attacks several towns, including Gerace and Cassono.source

Religion & Belief

  • Summer – At the Reichstag in Augsburg (assembled by King Otto I), joined by German nobles and bishops, Berengar of Ivrea pays homage. He becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom. Otto leaves a strong garrison at Pavia in the hands of his son-in-law Conrad the Red, duke of Lotharingia.source

Births

  • Fakhr al-Dawla, emir of Gurgan and Tabaristan (died 997)source
  • Song, Chinese empress consort (died 995)source
  • Adelaide of Aquitaine, French queen consort (or 945)source
  • Sa'd al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo (died 991)source
  • Adela of Hamaland, Frankish countess and regent (died 1021)source

Deaths

  • June 15 – Murong Yanchao, Chinese generalsource
  • July 17 – Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (born 913)source
  • September 6 – Suzaku, emperor of Japan (born 923)source
  • September 10 – Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (born 885)source
  • December 17 – Hugh the Black, duke of Burgundysource
  • Mansur ibn Qara-Tegin, Samanid governorsource
  • Alan II (Wrybeard), duke of Brittanysource
  • King Constantine II dies at the monastery of St. Andrews (where he has been retired since 943). His cousin and ruling monarch, Malcolm I, fights a battle against the Northmen or the Norse–Gaels.source
  • Constantine II, king of Alba (Scotland)source
  • Li Jianxun, Chinese official and chancellorsource