Editing 924 (section)

=== July—September ===
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Edward the Elder]], [[King of the Anglo-Saxons]], is killed in battle at [[Farndon, Cheshire|Farndon-Upon-Dee]] while leading an army against a revolt by some of the Cambrians and Mercians. During his 25-year reign, he gained direct control over [[Mercia]], including some of the [[Danelaw]], the [[Denmark|Danish]]-occupied areas. Edward's oldest son, [[Æthelstan]], is proclaimed the new King of England, while some supporters among the West Saxons support [[Ælfweard of Wessex|Ælfweard]],  to be Edward's successor as [[Wessex|King of Wessex]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2004 |title=Edward [called Edward the Elder] (870s?–924), king of the Anglo-Saxons |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8514/8514?back=,8514,8907,52311,8907 |access-date=6 October 2016 |last=Miller |first=Sean |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/8514}} {{ODNBsub}}</ref>
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Ælfweard of Wessex]], briefly a claimant for the throne of England and favored by the nobility of Wessex,dies at the age of 23 only sixteen days after the death of his father.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Keynes|first= Simon |year=2001|title=Rulers of the English, c.450–1066|editor= Michael Lapidge |editor2=John Blair |editor3=Simon Keynes |editor4=Donald Scragg |encyclopedia=The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England|publisher= Blackwell Publishing|page=51|isbn=978-0-6312-2492-1}}</ref>
* [[August]] &ndash; In what is now South Korea, at [[Gyeongju|Seorabeo]] (now Gyeongju in [[South Korea]]), [[Gyeongae of Silla|Gyeongae]] becomes the new monarch of the [[Kingdom of Silla]] upon the death of his older brother, [[Gyeongmyeong of Silla|King Gyeongmyeong]].<ref>Samguk Yusa, ''Kings' Chronicles, Gyeongmyeong Dynasty'' (삼국유사 왕력편 경명왕조)</ref>
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927|Byzantine–Bulgarian War]]: [[Simeon I of Bulgaria|Tsar Simeon I]], ruler (''[[knyaz]]'') of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]], leads the burning of the [[Church of St. Mary of the Spring (Istanbul)|Church of St. Mary of the Spring]] in [[Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mamboury|first=Ernest |author-link= Ernest Mamboury|title=The Tourists' Istanbul|publisher=Çituri Biraderler Basımevi|location=Istanbul|year=1953|page=208}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] &ndash; After pllaging the suburbs of [[Constantinople]], Tsar [[Simeon I of Bulgaria]] meets with the Byzantine Emperor [[Romanos I Lekapenos]] on the [[Golden Horn]] to arrange a truce, according to which Byzantium will pay the Bulgarians an annual [[tribute]] in exchangefor the return of some cities on the [[Black Sea]] coast.<ref>{{cite book |last = Runciman |first = Steven |author-link = Steven Runciman |title = A history of the First Bulgarian Empire |url = http://www.promacedonia.org/en/sr/index.html  |publisher = [[George Bell & Sons]] |location = [[London]] |year = 1930 |pages=169–172|oclc = 832687 }}</ref>