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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lechfeld (955)|Battle of Lechfeld]]: King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] ("the Great") defeats the [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarians]] (also known as [[Hungarians|Magyars]]) near [[Augsburg]] ([[Germany]]). Otto's army (7,000 men), mainly composed of heavy cavalry, overwhelms the Hungarians along the [[Lech (river)|Lech River]]. The German losses are heavy, among them [[Conrad, Duke of Lorraine|Conrad]] ("the Red") and many other nobles. The commanders of the Hungarian army, [[Bulcsú (chieftain)|Bulcsú]], [[Lehel]] and [[Súr (chieftain)|Súr]], are captured and executed. This victory puts an end to the [[Hungarian invasions of Europe|Hungarian campaigns into western Europe]].<ref>Bóna, István (2000). ''The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries.'' Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 54. {{ISBN|963-8312-67-X}}.</ref>
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Battle on the Raxa]]: Otto I, allied with the [[Rani (Slavic tribe)|Rani]] tribe, defeats the [[Obotrites|Obotrite]] federation, led by [[Nako (Obotrite prince)|Nako]] and his brother [[Stoigniew]] (probably at the [[Recknitz]] or [[Elde]] rivers) near [[Mecklenburg]]. The [[Polabian Slavs|Elbe Slavs]] are forced to pay [[tribute]], and accept a peace agreement.<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 248. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref>

==== England ====
* [[November 23]] &ndash; King [[Eadred]] (or Edred) dies childless after a 9-year reign at [[Frome]] ([[Somerset]]). He is succeeded by his 15-year-old nephew, [[Eadwig]], as [[List of English monarchs|King of England]].

==== Africa ====
* The [[Khawarij|Kharijite]] [[Banu (Arabic)|Banu]] Ya'la tribe revolts against the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] in [[Ifriqiya]] and destroys the city of [[Oran]] (modern [[Algeria]]). They construct a new capital, Ifgan, near [[Mascara, Algeria|Mascara]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p.28.</ref>

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==== Religion ====
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Pope Agapetus II]] dies after a 9-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Pope John XII|John XII]], aged around 19 and the son of [[Alberic II of Spoleto|Alberic II]] (the late ruler of [[Rome]]), as the 130th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].</onlyinclude>