Explore 42 historical events from 910–919.
Yang Shihou (楊師厚), formally the Prince of Ye (鄴王), was a major general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Liang, serving as the main obstacle to the …
Yang Shihou, Chinese general
Franconia is a geographical region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect. Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Up…
The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish
Leo VI, also known as Leo the Wise, was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912. The second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty, he was very well read, leading to his epithet. During his rei…
Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine Emperor, the second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (born 866)
Xue Yiju, courtesy name Xiyong (熙用) or Shizhan (式瞻), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty and the subsequent Later Liang, serving as a chancellor during Later Liang.
Xue Yiju, chancellor of Later Liang
Hatto I was Archbishop of Mainz (Mayence) from 891 until his death.
Hatto I, German archbishop (born 850)
Flann mac Máel Sechnaill, better known as Flann Sinna, was the son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid of Clann Cholmáin, the leading branch of the Southern Uí Néill. He was King o…
Flann Sinna, king of Meath
Richilde of Provence was the second wife of the Frankish emperor Charles the Bald. By her marriage, she became queen and later empress. She ruled as regent in 877.
Richilde of Provence (born 845)
Alexander was briefly Byzantine emperor from 912 to 913, and the third emperor of the Macedonian dynasty.
Alexander III, Byzantine emperor (born 870)
The first Battle of Lechfeld, fought on 12 June 910, was an important victory by a Hungarian army over the combined forces of East Francia and Swabia (Alamannia) under the nominal …
Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned re
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fou…
Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire u
Dhuka al-Rumi was a Byzantine Greek who served the Abbasid Caliphate as governor of Egypt in 915–919.
Dhuka al-Rumi, Abbasid governor of Egypt
Franconia is a geographical region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect. Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Up…
The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish
The Battle of Islandbridge, also called the Battle of Áth Cliath, took place on 14 September 919, between a coalition of native Irish, led by Niall Glúndub, overking of the Norther…
Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí…
He Gui, courtesy name Guangyuan (光遠), was a major general in the service of the Later Liang state during the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He served as Later Lia…
He Gui, Chinese general (born 858)
Niall Glúndub mac Áeda was a 10th-century Irish king of the Cenél nEógain and High King of Ireland. Many Irish kin groups were members of the Uí Néill and traced their descent fro…
Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland
Viking activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Middle Ages, the 8th to the 11th centuries CE, when Scandinavians travelled to the British Isles to raid, conquer, se…
Viking activity in the British Isles: A coalition of native Irish, led by Niall Glúndub, failed in their attempt to…
Taejo, personal name Wang Kŏn, also known as Taejo Wang Kŏn, was the founder of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. He ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Three King…
Wang Geon becomes King of Goryeo after overthrowing Gung Ye in a coup the previous day
Æthelflæd ruled as Lady of the Mercians in the English Midlands from 911 until her death in 918. She was the eldest child of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of We…
Æthelflæd, Mercian daughter of Alfred the Great (born 870)
William I, commonly called the Pious, was the Count of Auvergne from 886 and Duke of Aquitaine from 893, succeeding the Poitevin ruler Ebalus Manser. He made numerous monastic foun…
William I, duke of Aquitaine (born 875)
Baldwin II was the second margrave of Flanders, ruling from 879 to 918. He was nicknamed the Bald (Calvus) after his maternal grandfather, Emperor Charles the Bald.
Baldwin II, Frankish margrave (born c. 865)
Liu Yan, né Liu Yan (劉巖), also named Liu Zhi (劉陟) and briefly as Liu Gong (劉龔), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Southern Han (南漢高祖), was the first emperor of …
Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.
The Battle of Achelous or Acheloos, also known as the Battle of Anchialus, took place on 20 August 917, on the Achelous river near the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, close to the fortr…
Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.
Kyunyŏ was a Korean Buddhist monk and poet. He came from the Hwangju Byeon clan and his hometown was Hwangju. Among his works are the first extant collection of poetry in Korean, S…
Kyunyeo, Korean poet (died 973)
Euthymius I Syncellus was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from February 907 to 15 May 912. A monk since his youth, he became spiritual father of the future emperor Leo V…
Euthymius I of Constantinople (born 834)
Constantine Lips was a Byzantine aristocrat and admiral who lived in the later 9th and early 10th centuries. He was killed in 917 at the Battle of Acheloos against Bulgaria. Consta…
Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral
The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan pen…
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Bulgarian forces led by Tsar Simeon I drove the Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive…
Liu Yan, né Liu Yan (劉巖), also named Liu Zhi (劉陟) and briefly as Liu Gong (劉龔), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Southern Han (南漢高祖), was the first emperor of …
Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the state of Southern Han at his capital of Panyu (present-day…
ʿAlī ibn ʾAbū'l-Hayjāʾ ʿAbdallāh ibn Ḥamdān ibn Ḥamdūn ibn al-Ḥārith al-Taghlibī, more commonly known simply by his honorific of Sayf al-Dawla, was the founder of the Emirate of Al…
Sayf al-Dawla, founder of the Emirate of Aleppo (died 967)
Flann mac Máel Sechnaill, better known as Flann Sinna, was the son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid of Clann Cholmáin, the leading branch of the Southern Uí Néill. He was King o…
Flann Sinna, king of Meath
Yang Shihou (楊師厚), formally the Prince of Ye (鄴王), was a major general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Liang, serving as the main obstacle to the …
Yang Shihou, Chinese general
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus was the fourth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fou…
Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire u
Hatto I was Archbishop of Mainz (Mayence) from 891 until his death.
Hatto I, German archbishop (born 850)
Alexander was briefly Byzantine emperor from 912 to 913, and the third emperor of the Macedonian dynasty.
Alexander III, Byzantine emperor (born 870)
Tang Daoxi (唐道襲) was an official and general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Former Shu. He was a close associate of Former Shu's founding emperor Wang …
Tang Daoxi, Chinese general