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=== Europe === [[Image:Skylitzes Simeon at Anchialos 917.jpg|thumb|260x260px|The Bulgarian victory at [[Battle of Acheloos|Anchialos]].]] * [[Viking]] groups settle in northern France. * [[907]]: Three German armies led by [[Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria|Luitpold]], Margrave of Bavaria, which entered the Hungarian territory in order to expel the Hungarians from the Carpathian Basin, is annihilated by the Hungarian army at the [[Battle of Pressburg]]. * Foundation of [[Cluny]], first federated [[monasticism|monastic]] order. * Emperor [[Simeon the Great]] solidifies the [[First Bulgarian Empire]] as one of the most powerful states in Europe. * Incursions of [[Magyars|Magyar]] (Hungarian) cavalry throughout Western Europe (47 expeditions in [[Germany]], [[Italy]] and [[France]], [[899]]–[[970]]). * Collapse of [[Great Moravia]]. * [[European lion|Lion]]s become extinct in Europe by this date, with the last dying in [[Caucasus]]. * [[907]]: Loire Vikings overrun [[Brittany]]; Breton court flees to the [[England]] of [[Edward the Elder]]. * [[AD 911|911]]: The Viking [[Rollo]] granted [[County of Rouen]] by [[France]]: official foundation of [[Normandy]]. * [[917]]: (20 August 917) the [[Bulgarians]] destroyed the Byzantine army in the [[Battle of Acheloos|Battle of Anchialus]], one of the bloodiest battles in the Middle Ages. * [[927]]: official recognition of the first independent national Church in Europe, the [[Bulgarian Patriarchate]].[[File:British Isles 10th century.svg|thumb|285x285px|Political divisions within England, 10th century.]] * 927: [[Kingdom of England]] becomes a unified state. * c. [[936]]: [[Gorm the Old]] becomes the first recognized king of [[Denmark]], and thus the Danish Monarchy is founded. * 936: [[Alan II, Duke of Brittany|Alan II]], with support from [[Æthelstan]], commences the reconquest of [[Brittany]]. * [[955]]: [[Battle of Lechfeld (955)|The Battle of Lechfeld]] (10 August 955) sees a decisive victory for [[Otto I]] the Great, King of the Germans, over the Hungarian [[Horka (title)|harka]] [[Bulcsú (chieftain)|Bulcsú]] and the chieftains [[Lehel|Lél (Lehel)]] and [[Súr (chieftain)|Súr]]. * [[966]]: [[Mieszko I]], first duke of [[Poland]], baptised a Christian. *[[968]]: [[Battle of Silistra]] between Kievan Rus and Bulgars. * [[985]]–[[986]]: The [[Norseman]] [[Erik the Red]] begins the colonisation of [[Greenland]]. * [[925]]: The medieval Croatian state becomes a [[Kingdom of Croatia (medieval)|unified kingdom]] under King [[Tomislav of Croatia|Tomislav]] * [[988]]: [[Vladimir I of Kiev|Vladimir I]], Prince of [[Kievan Rus']], baptised a Christian *c. [[AD 1000|1000]]: Establishment of the [[Eastern Settlement]] and [[Western Settlement]] in [[Greenland]]. * 1000: [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] conquers [[Norway]]. * Second half of the 10th century: Page with David the Psalmist, from the [[Paris Psalter]], is made. It is now kept at [[Bibliothéque Nationale]], [[Paris]]. * Late 10th or early 11th century: The [[Archangel michael|Archangel Michael]] icon, is made. It is now kept at the [[St Mark's Basilica|Treasury of the Cathedral of Saint Mark]], [[Venice]].
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