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==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; A [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarian]] army led by [[Bulcsú (chieftain)|Bulcsú]] crosses the [[Rhine]]. He camps at [[Worms, Germany|Worms]] in the capital of his ally [[Conrad the Red]], duke of [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]]. Bulcsú heads west, attacking the domains of King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]], by crossing the rivers [[Moselle]] and [[Meuse|Maas]].<ref>Bóna, István (2000). ''The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries.'' Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, pp. 51-52. {{ISBN|963-8312-67-X}}.</ref>
* [[April 6]]–[[April 10|10]] &ndash; The Hungarians besiege [[Cambrai]] and burn its suburbs, but they are unable to conquer the city. One of Bulcsú's relatives is killed by the defenders, who refuse to pass his body over to the Hungarians. As a revenge, they kill all their captives.
* The Hungarians plunder the regions of [[Hesbaye]] and [[Silva Carbonaria|Carbonaria]] (modern [[Belgium]]). They plunder and burn the monastery of [[Saint Lambert's Cathedral, Liège|Saint Lambert]] from [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]], the monastery of [[Moorsel]], sack the cities of [[Gembloux]] and [[Tournai]].
* Summer &ndash; The Hungarians plunder the surroundings of [[Laon]], [[Reims]], [[Château-Chalon|Chalon]], [[Metz]], and [[Gorze]]. After that, they return to [[Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles|Burgundy]]. In [[Provence]], the Hungarians battle with the [[Moors]] from the Muslim enclave of [[Fraxinet]].<ref>Ballan, Mohammad (2010). Fraxinetum: An Islamic Frontier State in Tenth-Century Provence. Comitatus: A journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Volume 41, 2010, p. 31.</ref>
* [[September 10]] &ndash; King [[Louis IV of France|Louis IV]] ('''d'Outremer''') dies after a [[hunting]] accident (near his palace in [[Corbeny]]). He is succeeded by his 13-year-old son [[Lothair of France|Lothair III]] under the guardianship of [[Hugh the Great]], count of [[Paris]].
* [[November 12]] &ndash; Lothair III is crowned by [[Artald of Reims|Artald]], archbishop of Reims, at the [[Abbey of Saint-Remi]] as king of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]]. His mother, Queen [[Gerberga of Saxony]], appoints Hugh the Great as [[regent]].<ref>''The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 916–966'', eds & trans. Steven Fanning: Bernard S. Bachrach (New York; Ontario, Can: University of Toronto Press, 2011), p. 60.</ref>
* Winter &ndash; At the [[imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Reichstag]] in [[Auerstedt]] assembled by Otto I, his son [[Liudolf, Duke of Swabia|Liudolf]] (duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]]) and Conrad the Red submit to Otto's rule. They are stripped of their duchies, but several rebel nobles continue to resist.<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 247. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref>