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[[File:Dehio 212 Cluny.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Cluny Abbey|Abbey of Cluny]], reconstruction.]]
Year '''910''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].
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== Events ==
=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lechfeld (910)|Battle of Augsburg]]: The [[Hungarians]] defeat the [[East Francia|East Frankish]] army under King [[Louis the Child|Louis IV]] ('''the Child'''), using the famous [[feigned retreat]] tactic of the nomadic warriors.<ref>Györffy György: A magyarok elődeiről és a honfoglalásról; Osiris Kiadó, Budapest, 2002, p. 214.</ref> Count Gausbert, the actual commander of the East Frankish army (because Louis IV is only 16 years old at this time), is killed in the battle.
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Rednitz]]: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army near the [[Rednitz|Rednitz River]], killing its leader [[Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine|Gebhard]], Duke of [[Lotharingia]] (Lorraine). After the battle Louis IV, together with the East Frankish duchies [[Duchy of Franconia|Franconia]], Lotharingia, [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] and [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]], agrees to pay [[tribute]] to the [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarian state]]. 
* Summer &ndash; King [[Alfonso III of Asturias]] is forced to abdicate the [[throne]] and partitions the kingdom among his three sons. The eldest son, [[García I of León|García I]], becomes king of [[Kingdom of León|León]]. The second son, [[Ordoño II of León|Ordoño II]], reigns in [[Kingdom of Galicia|Galicia]], while the third, [[Fruela II of Asturias|Fruela II]], receives [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]] with [[Oviedo]] as his capital.

==== Britain ====
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Battle of Tettenhall]]: King [[Edward the Elder]] attacks the joint-Kings [[Eowils and Halfdan]] of Norse [[Scandinavian York|York]]. All three Viking monarchs are killed in battle (one chronicle mentions a third brother) and the [[Vikings|Viking]] army is decisively defeated by allied forces of [[Mercia]] and [[Wessex]]. The co-Kings are succeeded by [[Ragnall ua Ímair]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[William I, Duke of Aquitaine|William I]] ('''the Pious''') of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]], donates land in [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] for the building of a [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monastery dedicated to the saints [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]]. Hence the [[Cluny Abbey|Abbey of Cluny]], becomes the largest in the [[Western Europe|West]]. In the foundation charter, William renounces all rights to the monastery and nominates [[Berno of Cluny|Berno]] as the first [[abbot]] of [[Cluny]] (Eastern [[France]]). He places the monastery directly under the control of the [[Holy See|Papal See]].
* [[Pope Gabriel I of Alexandria|Gabriel I]] becomes Pope of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox Church]] in [[Alexandria]] ([[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]).

== Births ==
* [[Adalbert of Magdeburg|Adalbert]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Magdeburg|Magdeburg]] (approximate date)
* [[Eadgyth]], Anglo-Saxon princess and queen of [[kingdom of Germany|Germany]] (d. [[946]])
* [[Fernán González of Castile|Fernán González]], count of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] (approximate date)
* [[Fujiwara no Asatada]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[966]])
* [[Gamle Eirikssen]], Norwegian [[Vikings|Viking]] ruler (d. [[955]])
* [[Gunnhild, Mother of Kings|Gunnhild]], Norwegian Viking queen (approximate date)
* [[Hedwig of Saxony]], Frankish noblewoman and [[regent]] (d. [[965]])
* [[Helena Lekapene]], Byzantine empress (approximate date)
* [[Herbert III of Omois|Herbert III]], Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Pope John XI|John XI]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (d. [[935]])
* [[Ma Yize]], Muslim [[Chinese astronomy|astronomer]] (approximate date)
* [[Minamoto no Saneakira]], Japanese nobleman (d. [[970]])
* [[Nilus the Younger]], Byzantine [[abbot]] (d. [[1005]])
* [[Oda of Metz]], German noblewoman (d. [[963]])
* [[Sahl ben Matzliah]], Jewish philosopher (d. [[990]])
* [[Yan Xu]], Chinese chancellor (d. [[967]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Luo Yin]], Chinese statesman and [[Chinese poetry|poet]]
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Richilde of Provence]], Frankish empress
* [[June 22]]
** [[Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine|Gebhard]], Frankish nobleman
** [[Gerhard I of Metz|Gerhard I]], Frankish nobleman 
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Luo Shaowei]], Chinese [[warlord]] (b. [[877]])
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Feng Xingxi]], Chinese warlord
* [[August 5]] 
** [[Eowils and Halfdan]], kings of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]
** [[Ingwær]], king of Northumbria
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Alfonso III of Asturias|Alfonso III]], king of [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturias]]
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Naum of Preslav]], Bulgarian writer
* [[Adelin of Séez|Adelin]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Séez|Séez]] (approximate date)
* [[Andronikos Doukas (general under Leo VI)|Andronikos Doukas]], Byzantine general (approximate date)
* [[Atenulf I of Capua|Atenulf I]] ('''the Great'''), Lombard prince
* [[Eustathios Argyros (general under Leo VI)|Eustathios Argyros]], Byzantine general
* [[Isa al-Nushari]], Abbasid governor
* [[Ishaq ibn Hunayn]], Abbasid [[Medicine in the medieval Islamic world|physician]] (or [[911 AD|911]])
* [[Junayd of Baghdad|Junayd Baghdadi]], Persian [[Sufism|Sufi]] mystic (b. [[835]])
* [[Liu Shouwen]], Chinese warlord and governor 
* [[Lu Guangchou]], Chinese warlord
* [[Mahendrapala I]], king of [[Gurjara-Pratihara]] ([[India]])
* [[Muhammad ibn Tahir]], Abbasid governor 
* [[Muncimir of Croatia|Muncimir]], duke (''[[knyaz]]'') of [[Duchy of Croatia|Croatia]]
* [[Sosei]], Japanese ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet (b. [[844]])
* [[Wei Zhuang]], Chinese poet (b. [[836]])
* [[Yasovarman I]], ruler of the [[Khmer Empire|Angkor Empire]]

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