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==== Europe ==== * [[August 3]] – [[Battle of Eisenach (908)|Battle of Eisenach]]: An invading [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarian]] force defeats the [[East Francia|East Frankish]] army under Duke [[Burchard, Duke of Thuringia|Burchard]], killing him, together with Duke [[Egino, Duke of Thuringia|Egino]] and [[Rudolf I (bishop of Wurzburg)|Rudolf I]], bishop of [[Bishopric of Wurzburg|Würzburg]]. The Hungarians devastate [[Thuringia]] and [[Saxony]] as far north as [[Bremen]],<ref name='Tarján'>Tarján Tamás, [http://www.rubicon.hu/magyar/nyomtathato_verzio/908_augusztus_3_a_kalandozo_magyarok_gyozelme_eisenach_mellett//908. augusztus 3. A kalandozó magyarok győzelme Eisenach mellett], Rubicon.</ref> returning home with many spoils.<ref>Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York: Longman, 1991., p. 129.</ref><ref name='Chronicon Hermanni Contracti'>Chronicon Hermanni Contracti: Ex Inedito Hucusque Codice Augiensi, Unacum Eius Vita Et Continuatione A Bertholdo eius discipulo scripta. Praemittuntur Varia Anecdota. Subiicitur Chronicon Petershusanum Ineditum. 1, Typis San-Blasianis, 1790, p. CVIII, Text from: ''Gesta Francorum excerpta, ex originali ampliata'', Latin text: "''980 [...] Ungari in Saxones. Et Burchardus dux Toringorum, et Reodulfus epsicopus, Eginoque aliique quamplurimi occisi sunt devastata terra..."''. English translation: "''908 [...] The Hungarians against the Saxons. Burchard, duke of Thuringia, bishop Rudolf, and Egino were killed with many others and [the Hungarians] devastated the land..."''.</ref> * Duke [[Atenulf I of Capua|Atenulf I]] ('''the Great''') of [[Duchy of Benevento|Benevento]] attacks the [[Saracens]] at the [[Garigliano|Garigliano River]], with the assistance of [[Duchy of Naples|Naples]] and [[Amalfi]]. Crossing the river, Atenulf defeats an Arab army and reaches the walls of their fortified camp. However, the sudden withdrawal of the Neapolitans renders the [[siege]] useless.
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