922
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Thai solar calendar | 1464–1465 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1048 or 667 or −105 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1049 or 668 or −104 |
Year 922 (CMXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Summer – Battle of Constantinople: Emperor Romanos I sends Byzantine troops to repel another Bulgarian raid at the outskirts of Constantinople. The Byzantines storm the Bulgarian camp, but are defeated when they are confronted by the main Bulgarian forces. Having won the battle, the Bulgarians lack the maritime power to conduct a successful siege of Constantinople.[1]
Europe
- Summer – The West Frankish nobles revolt and depose King Charles III (the Simple) after a 24-year reign. He seeks refuge in Lotharingia and is replaced by Robert I, a brother of the late King Odo, who is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom in the cathedral at Rheims.[2]
- Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, leads a rebellion with the support of the Italian nobles against King Berengar I. He crosses the Alps into Burgundy and invites Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy to invade Italy. Berengar flees again to Verona and Rudolph is crowned King of Italy at Pavia.[3]
By topic
Religion
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Births
- Luxemburg(approximate date)
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- wakapoet (d. 996)
- Sigfried, founder of Luxemburg (approximate date)
- Wang Pu, Chinese chancellor and writer (d. 982)
Deaths
- February 20 – Theodora, Byzantine empress
- Mansur al-Hallaj, Persian mysticwriter
- May 23 – Li Sizhao, Chinese general and governor
- Æthelweard, son of Alfred the Great of England (or 920)
- Al-Nayrizi, Persian mathematician and astronomer (b. 865)
- Fortún Garcés ("the Monk"), king of Pamplona
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- Li Cunjin, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 857)
- Li Cunzhang, general of the Tang dynasty
- Lucídio Vimaranes, count of Portugal
- Ma Chuo, general and official of Wuyue (or 923)
- Wang Chuzhi, Chinese warlord (b. 862)
- Zhang Chengye, Chinese eunuch official (b. 846)
- Zhang Chujin, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
References
- ^ "Synopsis of Histories by John Skylitzes" in GIBI, vol. VI, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, p. 252
- ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
- ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.