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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[April]] - [[May]] &ndash; The Byzantines refuse to pay the yearly [[tribute]]. A [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarian]] army, led by [[Apor (chieftain)|Apor]], invades [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] and [[Thrace]]. He plunders its territories until reaching [[Constantinople]]. On his way back, Apor is defeated during a night attack by Byzantine forces.<ref>Bóna, Istvá (2000). ''The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries''. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 33. {{ISBN|963-8312-67-X}}.</ref>
* [[November 9]] &ndash; Emperor [[Constantine VII]] '''''[[Porphyrogennetos]]''''' ("[[born in the purple]]") dies at Constantinople after a 46-year reign. He is succeeded by his 21-year-old son [[Romanos II]] as ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]].
* Winter &ndash; Romanos II appoints [[Leo Phokas the Younger|Leo Phokas]] ('''the Younger''') to be commander of the Byzantine field army (''[[Domestic of the Schools]]'') in the West. The [[Phokas (Byzantine family)|Phokas]] clan becomes one of the leading families in Constantinople.

==== Europe ====
* [[Bruno the Great|Bruno I]], archbishop and duke (''[[archduke]]'') of [[Lotharingia]] resigns. His brother, King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] divides the duchy in two parts – [[Duchy of Lorraine|Upper Lorraine]] and [[Lower Lorraine]]. He appoints [[Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine|Frederick I]] and [[Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine|Godfrey I]] as [[margrave]]s (vice-duke). 
* [[Pietro III Candiano]], doge of [[Republic Venice|Venice]], dies after a 17-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [[Pietro IV Candiano]], who breaks off his campaign in [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]] on behalf of King [[Berengar II of Italy]] and returns to Venice. 
* Pietro IV Candiano divorces his wife [[Giovanniccia Candiano|Joanna]] for political reasons and banishes her as a [[nun]] to the monastery of [[San Zaccaria, Venice|San Zaccaria]].

==== England ====
* [[October 1]] &ndash; King [[Eadwig]] dies after a 4-year reign. He is succeeded by his 16-year-old brother [[Edgar the Peaceful|Edgar I]] ('''the Peaceful'''), who effectively completes the unification of [[Kingdom of England|England]], when [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]] submits to his rule.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Dunstan]], bishop of [[Anglican Diocese of Worcester|Worcester]] and [[Diocese of London|London]], is appointed by Edgar I as archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]] and becomes his chief adviser.
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