WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 10. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the first half of the 10. century

The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Cordoba. (5. August 939)

Coronation of King Otto I of Germany. (7. August 936)

The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto. (15. August 927)

Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army. (20. August 917)

Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. (5. September 917)

At Tetin Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law. (15. September 921)

The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang Dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. (22. September 904)

Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia. (28. September 935)

Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England. (27. October 939)

Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang. (28. November 936)

Pope John X crowned Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor. (3. December 915)

Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII. (17. December 920)

Assassination of William I of Normandy. (17. December 942)