Explore 27 historical events from 920–929.
Li Maozhen, born Song Wentong (宋文通), courtesy name Zhengchen (正臣), formally Prince Zhongjing of Qin (秦忠敬王), was the only ruler of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period…
Li Maozhen, Chinese warlord and king (born 856)
Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang, personal name Li Cunxu, nickname Yazi (亞子), stage name Li Tianxia (李天下), was the second ruling prince of the Former Jin dynasty who later became t…
Zhuang Zong, Chinese emperor (born 885)
Li Sizhao, né Han (韓), known at one point as Li Jintong (李進通), courtesy name Yiguang (益光), formally the Prince of Longxi (隴西王), was a Chinese military general and politician. He se…
Li Sizhao, Chinese general and governor
Li Jiji (李繼岌), formally the Prince of Wei (魏王), nickname Hege (和哥), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang. He was Later Tang…
Li Jiji, prince of Later Tang
Christopher Lekapenos or Lecapenus was the eldest son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos and co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 921 until his death in 931. Christopher was given t…
Christopher Lekapenos is crowned Byzantine co-emperor by his father, emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, on the feast of Whitsu
Yuan Xingqin (元行欽), known as Li Shaorong (李紹榮) c. 915–926, was a Chinese military general and politician of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Yan and Jin/Later Tang states…
Yuan Xingqin, Chinese general and governor
Kong Qian was a Chinese economist and politician of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang (and Later Tang's predecessor state Jin. He was credited with making…
Kong Qian, official of Later Tang
Simeon I the Great was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 until his death in 927. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria…
Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864)
Robert I was the elected King of West Francia from 922 to 923. Before his election to the throne he was Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. He su…
Robert I of France (born 866)
The Battle of Soissons was fought on 15 June 923 between an alliance of Frankish insurgent nobles led by Robert I, elected king in an assembly the year prior, and an army composed …
Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke
Ælfthryth of Wessex, also known as Elftrudis , was an English princess and a countess consort of Flanders to Baldwin II.
Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (born 877)
Louis the Blind was king in Provence and Lower Burgundy from 890 to 928, and also king of Italy from 900 to 905, and also the emperor between 901 and 905, styled as Louis III. His …
Louis the Blind, king of Provence
Stephen II of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 29 June 925 to 18 July 928.
Stephen II, patriarch of Constantinople
Simeon I the Great was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 until his death in 927. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria…
Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864)
Doulu Ge was an official of China's Former Jin and Later Tang dynasties. He served as a chancellor during the reigns of the Later Tang's first two emperors Li Cunxu and Li Siyuan. …
Doulu Ge, chancellor of Later Tang
Wei Yue (韋說) was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty, and Tang's successor states Later Liang and Later Tang of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, serving as a chancel…
Wei Yue, chancellor of Later Tang
Causantín mac Áeda was an early King of Scotland, known then by the Gaelic name Alba. The Kingdom of Alba, a name which first appears in Constantine's lifetime, was situated in wha…
King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians…
The term "Saracen" was commonly used in medieval Europe to refer to a person who lived in or near what the ancient Romans knew as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. Its original me…
The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
Æthelstan or Athelstan was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife…
King Æthelstan of England secured the submission of four northern rulers: Constantine II of Scotland, Hywel Dda of…
Emperor Murakami was the 62nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Murakami, emperor of Japan (died 967)
Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang, personal name Li Cunxu, nickname Yazi (亞子), stage name Li Tianxia (李天下), was the second ruling prince of the Former Jin dynasty who later became t…
Zhuang Zong, Chinese emperor (born 885)
Yuan Xingqin (元行欽), known as Li Shaorong (李紹榮) c. 915–926, was a Chinese military general and politician of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Yan and Jin/Later Tang states…
Yuan Xingqin, Chinese general and governor
Kong Qian was a Chinese economist and politician of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang (and Later Tang's predecessor state Jin. He was credited with making…
Kong Qian, official of Later Tang
Li Jiji (李繼岌), formally the Prince of Wei (魏王), nickname Hege (和哥), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang. He was Later Tang…
Li Jiji, prince of Later Tang
Empress Dowager Cao, formally, Empress Zhenjian, was a concubine to the late Tang dynasty warlord Li Keyong. She was the mother of his son, Li Cunxu, who went on to establish the L…
Cao, Chinese empress dowager
Li Cunshen, né Fu Cun (符存), often referred to in historical sources as Fu Cunshen (符存審), courtesy name Dexiang (德詳), was a Chinese military general, politician, and singer of the C…
Li Cunshen, general of Later Tang (born 862)
Li Maozhen, born Song Wentong (宋文通), courtesy name Zhengchen (正臣), formally Prince Zhongjing of Qin (秦忠敬王), was the only ruler of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period…
Li Maozhen, Chinese warlord and king (born 856)
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Furat was a senior official of the Abbasid Caliphate who served three times as vizier under Caliph al-Muqtadir. Ali emerge…
Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, Abbasid vizier (born 855)
Ælfweard was the second son of Edward the Elder, the eldest born to his second wife Ælfflæd.
Ælfweard of Wessex (born 904)
The Battle of Soissons was fought on 15 June 923 between an alliance of Frankish insurgent nobles led by Robert I, elected king in an assembly the year prior, and an army composed …
Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke
The Battle of Fiorenzuola was fought on 29 July 923 between the forces of Rudolph II of Burgundy and Adalbert I of Ivrea on one side and Berengar I of Italy on the other. The battl…
Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned…
The Qarmatians were an Isma'ili Shia militant movement led by an Arabized dynasty of Persian descent. Claiming an Alid descent, the Qarmatians were centred in al-Ahsa in Eastern Ar…
The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra.
Robert I was the elected King of West Francia from 922 to 923. Before his election to the throne he was Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. He su…
Robert I of France (born 866)
Ageltrude or Agiltrude was the Empress and Queen of Italy as the wife of Guy. She was the regent for her son Lambert and actively encouraged him in opposing the Carolingians, and i…
Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empress