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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* A [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarian]] army invades [[Burgundy]], and burns the city of [[Tournus]]. Then they go southwards to [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]], pillaging the environs of [[Duchy of Naples|Naples]], [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]] and [[Monte Cassino]]. When the Hungarians return home, they are attacked in the [[Apennine Mountains]] by [[Lombardy|Lombard]] forces, losing their plunder (approximate date). 
* [[July 11]] &ndash; King [[Rudolph II of Burgundy]] dies after a 25-year reign, and is succeeded by his 12-year-old son [[Conrad I of Burgundy|Conrad I]] ("the Peaceful"). His wife, Queen [[Bertha of Swabia|Bertha]], takes effective control of unified Burgundy, transferring its capital to [[Arles]] (that Burgundian kingdom was later known from the 12th century as the [[Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles|Kingdom of Arles]]).<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', pp. 341–342. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref> 
* King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] refuses to give land to his older (illegitimate) half-brother [[Thankmar]], who gains the support of [[Eberhard of Franconia|Eberhard III]] (duke of [[Duchy of Franconia|Franconia]]) and [[Wichmann the Elder]], and seizes the fortress of [[Eresburg]]. Otto assumes direct rule over Franconia, and dissolves it into smaller counties.<ref>Ernest F. Henderson (1894). ''History of Germany in the Middle Ages'', G. Bell & Sons, London, p. 125.</ref>
* King [[Hugh of Arles]] (king of Italy) travels to [[Colombier, Neuchâtel|Colombier]] ([[Switzerland]]) and marries Rudolph's widow Bertha. He takes Conrad I under his tutelage and betroths Rudolph's 6-year-old daughter [[Adelaide of Italy|Adelaide]] with his own son and co-ruler [[Lothair II of Italy|Lothair II]].
* Winter &ndash; [[Gero]] succeeds his brother [[Siegfried, Count of Merseburg|Siegfried]] after his death. King Otto I appoints him as count and [[margrave]] of a [[Marca Geronis|vast border]] region around [[Merseburg]] that abuts the [[Wends]] on the [[Saale|River Saale]] ([[Lower Saxony]]).
* [[Magdeburg]] becomes the capital of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]], after a [[Diet (assembly)|Diet]] held by King Otto I (approximate date).

==== England ====
* [[Battle of Brunanburh]]: King [[Æthelstan]] defeats a combined Northern Army under the kings [[Olaf Guthfrithson|Olaf of Dublin]], [[Constantine II of Scotland]] and [[Owain ap Dyfnwal (fl. 934)|Owain of Strathclyde]]. Though none of the British monarchs appear to have taken part, the people of [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Strathclyde]] were a major contingent under their Scottish king.

==== Asia ====
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Li Bian]] usurps the throne and deposes Emperor [[Yang Pu]]. The [[Wu (Ten Kingdoms)|Wu State]] is replaced and Li (called "Xu Zhigao") becomes the first emperor of [[Southern Tang]], one of the [[Ten Kingdoms]] in southern [[China]].
* Winter &ndash; The [[Later Tang]] falls to the [[Later Jin (Five Dynasties)|Later Jin]] (during the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period]]) founded by Emperor [[Shi Jingtang]] (posthumously known as "Gaozu of Jin").
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