Explore 24 historical events from 930–939.
Qian Liu, courtesy name Jumei, childhood name Poliu, also known by his temple name as the King Taizu of Wuyue (吳越太祖), was the founding king of Wuyue during the Five Dynasties and T…
Qian Liu, Chinese warlord and king (born 852)
This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up…
English king Æthelstan begins his invasion of Scotland
Zhu Hongzhao was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period Later Tang state. He was a close associate of its second emperor. Li Siyuan and became particularly…
Zhu Hongzhao, Chinese general and governor
Meng Hanqiong, was a eunuch of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang. He became powerful late in the reign of its second emperor Li Siyuan, in associa…
Meng Hanqiong, eunuch official of Later Tang
Jimeno Garcés, sometimes Jimeno II, was the King of Pamplona from 925 until his death. He was the brother of King Sancho I Garcés and son of García Jiménez by his second wife, Dad…
Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having s…
The Byzantine Empire reconquers Melitene under the leadership of John Kourkouas
Wang Sitong was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang (and Later Tang's predecessor state Jin. In 934, when Li Congke, the adoptive broth…
Wang Sitong, Chinese general and governor (born 892)
Yao Yanzhang, courtesy name Jihui (繼徽), was a key general serving under Ma Yin of the Ma Chu dynasty.
Yao Yanzhang, general of Chu
Liu Hua, courtesy name Dexiu (德秀), formally Lady Minghui of Yan (燕國明惠夫人), known in Southern Han as Princess Qingyuan (清遠公主), was the first (known) wife of Wang Yanjun, who carried …
Liu Hua, princess of Southern Han (born 896)
This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up…
English king Æthelstan begins his invasion of Scotland with
The Battle of Simancas was a military battle that started on 19 July 939 in the Iberian Peninsula between the troops of the King of León Ramiro II and Cordovan caliph Abd al-Rahman…
Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of…
Yao Yanzhang, courtesy name Jihui (繼徽), was a key general serving under Ma Yin of the Ma Chu dynasty.
Yao Yanzhang, general of Chu
Pope Leo VII was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 3 January 936 to his death.
Leo VII, pope of the Catholic Church
Thankmar was the eldest son of Henry I of Germany by his first wife, Hatheburg of Merseburg. His mother had been previously married and widowed, after which she entered a convent. …
Thankmar, half-brother of Otto I (during Siege of Eresburg) (born c. 908)
Rudolph II was King of Upper Burgundy from 912 until 933, and then King of the united Kingdom of Burgundy from 933 until his death in 937. He was also King of Italy from 922 to 926…
Rudolph II of Burgundy (born 880)
Arnulf II, also known as the Bad, the Evil or the Wicked, a member of the Luitpolding dynasty, held the title of Duke of Bavaria from about 907 until his death in 937. He is number…
Arnulf I, duke of Bavaria
Henry the Fowler was the duke of Saxony from 912 and the king of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ot…
Henry the Fowler, German king (born 876)
Xu Ji (許寂), courtesy name Xianxian (閑閑), was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Former Shu, serving as a chancellor during the reign of its las…
Xu Ji, Chinese official and chancellor
The Abbasid caliphs were the holders of the Islamic title of caliph who were members of the Abbasid dynasty, a branch of the Quraysh tribe descended from the uncle of the Islamic p…
Abbasid Caliph Al-Qahir is deposed and blinded
Wang Sitong was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang (and Later Tang's predecessor state Jin. In 934, when Li Congke, the adoptive broth…
Wang Sitong, Chinese general and governor (born 892)
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having s…
The Byzantine Empire reconquers Melitene under the leadership of John Kourkouas
This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up…
English king Æthelstan begins his invasion of Scotland with
This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up…
English king Æthelstan begins his invasion of Scotland
Zhu Hongzhao was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period Later Tang state. He was a close associate of its second emperor. Li Siyuan and became particularly…
Zhu Hongzhao, Chinese general and governor
Meng Hanqiong, was a eunuch of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang. He became powerful late in the reign of its second emperor Li Siyuan, in associa…
Meng Hanqiong, eunuch official of Later Tang
Qian Liu, courtesy name Jumei, childhood name Poliu, also known by his temple name as the King Taizu of Wuyue (吳越太祖), was the founding king of Wuyue during the Five Dynasties and T…
Qian Liu, Chinese warlord and king (born 852)
Ma Shaohong, known during the reign of Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang as Li Shaohong (李紹宏), was a powerful eunuch official/general during the early Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten…
Ma Shaohong, general of Later Tang
Thietmar (I) (also Thiatmar, Dietmar, or Thiommar) (died 1 June 932), Count and Margrave, was the military tutor (vir disciplinae militaris peritissmus) of Henry the Fowler while …
Thietmar, duke of Saxony
Dong Zhang was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Later Liang and Later Tang states. After submitting to Later Tang aft…
Dong Zhang, Chinese general
Jimeno Garcés, sometimes Jimeno II, was the King of Pamplona from 925 until his death. He was the brother of King Sancho I Garcés and son of García Jiménez by his second wife, Dad…
Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona
An Chonghui was the chief of staff (Shumishi) and chief advisor to Li Siyuan of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang.
An Chonghui, Chinese general
Liu Hua, courtesy name Dexiu (德秀), formally Lady Minghui of Yan (燕國明惠夫人), known in Southern Han as Princess Qingyuan (清遠公主), was the first (known) wife of Wang Yanjun, who carried …
Liu Hua, princess of Southern Han (born 896)
Xiao Qing, courtesy name Zicheng (子澄), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty and its successor states Later Liang and Later Tang of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period…
Xiao Qing, chancellor of Later Liang (born 862)
Hucbald was a Benedictine monk active as a music theorist, poet, composer, teacher, and hagiographer. He was long associated with Saint-Amand Abbey, so is often known as Hucbald of…
Hucbald, Frankish monk and music theorist