Editing 933

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[[File:Heinrich I. kämpft gegen die Ungarn.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Henry the Fowler|Henry I]] defeats the [[Principality of Hungary|Magyars]] (c. 1270)]]
Year '''933''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXXXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Hugh of Italy|Hugh of Provence]], king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]], launches an expedition to [[Rome]] to remove the Roman ruler (''[[princeps]]'') [[Alberic II of Spoleto|Alberic II]] and avenge his humiliation (see [[932]]). It fails, however, as Roman civic [[militia]]s repel the [[Lombardy|Lombard]] army. Hugh ravages the Italian countryside, before he withdraws to [[Pavia]].<ref>[http://lombardleagues.proboards.com/thread/68/italian-history]. Italian History - Timeline Lombard Leagues Board, p. 11.</ref>
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Battle of Riade|Battle of Merseburg]]: King [[Henry the Fowler|Henry I]] ("the Fowler") defeats the [[Principality of Hungary|Magyars]] near [[Merseburg]] after his refusal to pay the annual [[tribute]]. During Henry's lifetime they never raid the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]] again.<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 543. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref>
* [[William I Longsword|William I]] ("Longsword"), duke of [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]], recognizes King [[Rudolph of France|Rudolph]] as his overlord. In turn he gives William the [[Cotentin Peninsula]] and the [[Channel Islands]].<ref>Pierre Riché, ''The Carolingians: A Family who Forged Europe'', trans. Michael Idomir Allen (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), pp. 252–253.</ref>

==== England ====
* Prince [[Edwin, son of Edward the Elder|Edwin]], the youngest son of the late King [[Edward the Elder]], is drowned en route to the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]] and buried at [[Saint-Omer|Saint Bertin]].

==== Africa ====
* [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] forces fail to seize the [[Maghreb|Maghreb al-Aqsa]] (modern [[Morocco]]) from the local [[Berbers|Berber]] tribes allied to the [[Iberia]]-based [[Caliphate of Córdoba]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 41.</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Al-Hakim Nishapuri]], Persian [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] scholar (d. [[1014]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Li Renfu]], Chinese [[warlord]] and governor
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Takin al-Khazari]], Abbasid governor of [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Al-Tahawi]], Arab [[imam]] and scholar (b. [[853]])
* [[December 9]]  &ndash; [[Li Congrong]], prince of [[Later Tang]]
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Li Siyuan]], emperor of Later Tang (b. [[867]])
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Empress Dowager Yaonian Yanmujin|Yaonian Yanmujin]], Chinese [[empress dowager]]
* [[Acfred II of Carcassonne|Acfred II]], count of [[County of Carcassonne|Carcassonne]] and [[County of Razès|Razès]] ([[France]])
* [[Adelolf, Count of Boulogne|Adelolf]], count of [[County of Boulogne|Boulogne]] (approximate date)
* [[Alfonso IV of León|Alfonso IV]], king of [[Kingdom of León|León]] and [[Kingdom of Galicia|Galicia]] ([[Spain]])
* [[Du Guangting]], Chinese [[Taoist priest]] and writer (b. [[850]])
* [[Ealdred I of Bamburgh|Ealdred I]], ruler ('king') of [[Bernicia]] (approximate date)
* [[Edwin, son of Edward the Elder|Edwin]], English prince and son of [[Edward the Elder]] 
* [[Fujiwara no Kanesuke]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[877]])
* [[Harald Fairhair]], king of [[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Norway]] (approximate date)
* [[Ibn Duraid]], Arab poet and [[Philology|philologist]] (b. [[837]])
* [[Mu'nis al-Muzaffar]], Abbasid general
* [[Shaghab]], mother and ''[[de facto]]'' co-ruler of [[Al-Muqtadir]]
* [[Tryphon of Constantinople|Tryphon]], patriarch of [[Constantinople]]

== References ==
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