Editing 938

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[[File:Sanjūrokkasen-gaku - 4 - Kanō Tan’yū - Ise.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Portrait of [[Lady Ise]] by [[Kanō Tan'yū]] (1648).]]
Year '''938''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXXXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; The [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarian]] army invades Northern [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] with the permission of King [[Hugh of Italy|Hugh of Arles]]. They cross the [[Apennines]], and sack the [[Lombardy|Lombard]] lands in [[Tuscany]], [[Lazio]] and [[Campania]]. Finally, the Hungarians are defeated at [[Wolfenbüttel]] by a Saxon army.
* [[July]] &ndash; King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] besieges the fortress of [[Eresburg]]. He defeats his half-brother [[Thankmar]] and kills him as he tries to find sanctuary. [[Eberhard of Franconia|Eberhard III]], duke of [[Duchy of Franconia|Franconia]], is banished and replaced by his uncle [[Berthold, Duke of Bavaria|Berthold]].
* Fall &ndash; Otto I defeats in two campaigns a series of uprisings in [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]], Franconia and [[Lotharingia]].<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 245. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref> He signs a "friendship pact"  with King [[Louis IV of France|Louis IV]] ("d'Outremer") of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Battle of Bach Dang (938)|Battle of Bach Dang]]: Vietnamese forces defeat an invading force of the [[Southern Han]] state at the [[Bach Dang River]]. This put an end to [[China|Chinese]] imperial domination in [[Vietnam]] after nearly 1,000 years.
* The [[Sixteen Prefectures]], which includes the area around modern-day [[Beijing]], are absorbed in the [[Liao dynasty|Khitan Empire]].
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== Births ==
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Sahib ibn Abbad]], Buyid [[grand vizier]] (d. [[995]])
* [[Almanzor]], Umayyad [[vizier]] and ''[[de facto]]'' ruler (approximate date)
* [[Beatrice of France]], duchess [[regent]] of Upper [[Lorraine]] (approximate date)
* [[García Fernández of Castile|García Fernández]], count of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] and [[Álava]] (approximate date)
* [[Olaf the Peacock]], Icelandic [[merchant]] and chieftain (approximate date)
* [[Romanos II]], Byzantine emperor (d. [[963]])
* [[Sancho II of Pamplona|Sancho II]], king of [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Zhou Ben]], general of [[Wu (Ten Kingdoms)|Wu]] (b. [[862]])
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Thankmar]], half-brother of [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] (during the Siege of [[Eresburg]])
* [[Lady Ise]], Japanese [[Nobility|noblewoman]] and [[Japanese poetry|poet]] (b. [[875]]) (approximate date)
* [[Lady Peng (Ma Xifan's wife)|Lady Peng]], noblewoman of [[Chu (Ten Kingdoms)|Chu]] ([[Ten Kingdoms]])
* [[Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Khara'iti]], Abbasid theologian
* [[Shen Song]], chancellor of [[Wuyue]] (b. [[863]])

== References ==
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