Dark Ages Timeline

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884
x - Japan

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Fujiwara Motosune b.836 d.891 becomes regent to the Emperor Koko.
x - Japan The Kokinshu Poems Ancient and Modern, a compilation of 1,111 poems, is completed and establishes tanka as the standard form of classical Japanese poetry.
x - China

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Huang Zhao beheaded but Tang dynasty does not survive. s.875 Peasant Rebellion
may 15 - Marinus I dies ending his reign as Catholic Pope

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r.882-may 15 884. re.List of Popes

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may 17 - St Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope. re.List of Popes
dec 12 - Carloman, co-king of France r.879, 882-884, dies.
 885
x - Japan

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First year of Ninna.
apr 06 - Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies.
 886
aug 29 - Basilius I, the Macedoni‰r, Byzantine emperor r.867-886, dies.

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887
x - Japan

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Fujiwara Mototsune b.836 d.891 becomes chief advisor to the Japanese emperor
nov 11 - Parliament in Tribur: King Charles III resigns.
 888
x - Abbas ibn Firnas dies.
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jan 13 - Duke Odo becomes king of West-France.
jan 13 - Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies.
 889
x - Cambodia Khmers start to build capital city at Angkor, Cambodia
x - Japan

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First year of Kampyô.
x - The last independant King of Strathclyde dies.
 890
c - Compilation of Anglo Saxon Chronicle is begun, likely at the direction of Alfred the Great.
x - Magyars invade central Europe

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891
feb 06 - Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies.
sep 01 - Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France.
sep 14 - Pope Stephen V dies ending his reign as Catholic Pope

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r.885-sep 14 891. re.List of Popes

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oct 06 - Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope. re.List of Popes
 892
oct 15 - Al-Mutamid, kalief of Abbasiden, dies.
 896
x - Pope Formosus is exhumed and put to trial by Pope Stephen VI. re.List of Popes

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feb 22 - Pope Formosus crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor. re.List of Popes
apr 04 - Formosus, Pope

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r.oct 06 891-apr 04 896, dies. re.List of Popes
 898
x - Japan

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First year of Shôtai.
jan 01 - Odo, earl of Paris/king of France r.888-898, dies at about 39.
 899
oct 26 - England

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Edward 'The Elder' becomes King.
oct 26 - England Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex r.871-899, dies.
dec 08 - Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies.

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900
c - Military Technology Iron horseshoes used.
x - Benedict IV is pope

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aug 13 - Zwentibold, king of Lutherans r.895-900, dies in battle at 29.
 901
x - Japan

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First year of Engi.
 902
aug 01 - Aghlabidisch emir Ibrahim II destroys Taormina, Sicily.
 903
x - Christopher is pope. u.904 re.List of Popes

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x - Leo V is pope. re.List of Popes
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904
x - Pope Sergius III is consecrated. u.911 re.List of Popes

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jul 31 - Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies & plunders Thessalonica.
 905
x - Japan

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The Kokinshu Poems Ancient and Modern, a compilation of 1,111 poems, is completed and establishes tanka as the standard form of classical Japanese poetry.
jul 21 - Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured.
 907
x - Russia

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expedition against Constantinople.
x - Five Dynasties of North China

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and Ten Kingdoms of South China. u.960
 910
x - Foundation of the monastery of Cluny.
dec 20 - Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies.

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 911
x - Prince Oleg, after attacking Constantinople, concludes treaty with Byzantine Empire favorable to Kievan Rus'

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x - Anastasius III

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becomes pope u.913 re.List of Popes

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Rollo founds the Norman Dynasty.
apr 14 - Sergius III, Italian Pope r.904-911, dies. re.List of Popes
sep 02 - Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines.
sep 24 - Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King r.899-911, dies.
nov 08 - Duke Koenraad I chosen German king.
nov 10 - Conrad I elecect German King.
 912
apr 06 - Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71.
may 12 - Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor 886-912, dies at 45.
nov 23 - Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor 962-973, is born.
 913
x - Lando

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becomes pope u.914 re.List of Popes

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914
x - John X becomes pope. u.928 re.List of Popes

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 916
jul 27 - Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies.
 917
aug 20 - Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines.
nov 29 - Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer 900-917/saint, dies.
 918
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Miyoshi Kiyotsura dies.
mar 01 - Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht.
sep 10 - Arnulf I the Old becomes landsheer of Flanders.
sep 10 - Boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies.
sep 23 - Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42.
dec 21 - Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies.
dec 23 - Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies.
 919
may 12 - Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich.

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921
sep 15 - Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies.
nov 07 - Treaty of Bonn: East France & West France recognize each other.
 922
mar 27 - Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, radical Persian Muslim mystic/sufi, beheaded at 64.
jun 09 - French republic chooses Robert I, King of France.
nov 04 - Richarius becomes bishop of Luik.
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 923
x - Japan

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First year of Enchô.
feb 16 - Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83.
jun 15 - Robert I, King of France r.922-923, dies in battle.
 924
apr 07 - Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered.
jul 17 - Edward, the Older, English speaking king (899-924), dies.
 925
sep 00 - England

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Aethelstan becomes King of Wessex and Mercia.
oct 27 - Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies.

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926
x - England

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Sihtric marries Aethelstan's sister.
 927
x - England

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Aethelstan defeats the Vikings.
x - England Aethelstan becomes overlord King. r.u.939
may 27 - Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927).
 928
x - Stephen VIII becomes pope. u.931 re.List of Popes

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x - Leo VI

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becomes pope. re.List of Popes
sep 15 - Louis III, the Blind Proven‡aals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48.
 929
sep 28 - Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered.
oct 07 - Charles III, the Plain, King of France 893-929, dies.
 930
jun 23 - World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established.
 931
x - Japan

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First year of Shôhei.

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 933
mar 15 - Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren.
apr 00 - England

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Edwin is drowned.
 935
x - Koryo state founded in western central Korea
x - Japan

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Taira Masakado, a powerful landowner in the Kanto refused a government post, rebels. He goes on to declare himself the rightful emperor.
 936
x - Japan

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A pirate fleet under Fujiwara Sumimoto preys on Inland Sea shipping until it is defeated by the Minamoto in 941.
jan 03 - Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII. re.List of Popes

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jul 02 - Henry I the Vogelaar, German king r.919-936 / duke of Saxon r.912-936, dies.
aug 07 - Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany.
aug 08 - German king Otto I the Great, crowned.

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937
x - England

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Danish invasion.
 938
x - Japan

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First year of Tengyô.
 939
jul 13 - Leo VII, Italian Pope r.936-939, dies. re.List of Popes

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aug 06 - Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors.
oct 00 - England

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Edmund: succeeds his brother Aethelstan. r.u.946
oct 02 - Battle at Andernach: King Otto & Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France & Giselbert of Lutherans.
oct 02 - Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49.
oct 27 - Aethelstan III, king of England, dies.
 940
x - Japan

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Taira Masakado is defeated and killed at the Battle of Kojima (Shimosa) by Taira Sadamori and Fujiwara Hidesato.

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941
x - Japan

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Fujiwara Sumimoto is defeated by the Minamoto.
x - Japan Fujiwara Tadahira becomes civil dictator.
x - Expedition of Igor

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 942
may 16 - Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies.
oct 30 - Alberic nominates Pope Marinus II (Martinus III).
nov 18 - Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny r.924-942, dies.
 944
c - Prince Igor is compelled by Constantinople of the Byzantine Empire to sign a treaty adverse to Kievan Rus'

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Edmund captures York.
nov 26 - Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom Utrecht "foreestrecht".
 945
jul 23 - Richarius, bishop of Luik r.922-945, dies.

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946
x - Pope Agapetus II

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is elected u.955 re.List of Popes

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jan 15 - Caliph al-Mustaqfi blinded/ousted.
may 00 - England

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Eadred becomes King of Wessex.
may 25 - Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England r.939-946, dies.
 947
x - Japan

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First year of Tenryaku.
apr 10 - Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies.
 948
x - England

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Eadred destroys the monastery at Ripon.
jun 15 - Romanus I Lecapenus, Armenian emperor of Byzantium r.939-944, dies.
 949
jun 30 - Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht.

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950
c - Folded books appear in China

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in place of rolls.
c - Spain

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Islamic Umayyad dynasty. u.c.1150
c - Bored women in a Chinese harem invent playing cards.
c - Paper use spreads west to Spain.
nov 22 - Lotharius, King of Italy r.947-950, dies.
 951
jul 08 - Paris is founded.
sep 23 - Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy.
 953
apr 21 - Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights.
sep 25 - Ratherius becomes bishop of Luik.
 954
sep 10 - Louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies.
nov 12 - Lotharius becomes king of France.

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955
c - Russia

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Princess Olga, while regent of Kievan Rus', converts to Christianity

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Eadred dies.
x - England Eadwig becomes King of Wessex.
may 16 - Alberich II, son of Octavianus elected pope. re.List of Popes

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aug 10 - Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle.
aug 10 - Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians.
sep 25 - Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees.
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 956
x - England

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Dunstan is sent into Exile.
feb 17 - Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55.
 957
x - Japan

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First year of Tentoku.