916
This page relates to the year 916 Calendrier Julien.
Events
Asia
- the Khitan under the control of Have-CAM-ki impose their authority on the Mongolia and push back the Kyrgyz towards the Siberia.
- In India, the king Mahipala of Kanauj is overcome by the king Rastrakuta Indra III which goes until Delhi.
Africa
- Ubayd Allah Al-Mahdi founds the town of Mahdia in Ifriqiya of which it will make its capital in 926.
Europe
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the pope Jean X, organizes an Italian league against the Sarrasins chaired by the emperor Bérenger Ier of the Friuli.
- the emperor of Constantinople sends its galères on Naples and forces the city and its neighbors to break their alliance with the Arab . Buckwheats are beaten on the Garigliano, and must give up their base.
- Beginning of the reign of Tomislav in Croatia (916 - 928).
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Since the Northumbrie, the Norwegians gather a considerable fleet with Waterford (Vedrfjödhr) in Ireland. The Irishmen mobilize themselves, but are overcome in the island of Corfey during a bloody battle, during which the archbishop of Armagh is killed. The chief Sigtrýggr Viking can enter to Dublin and reconstitute a Norwegian kingdom.
- the king of Wessex Edouard Old the undertakes a systematic fight against the Danes and is almost always victorious.
- the ministeria of Saint-Omer build the castle of their community.
Births in 916
Death in 916
- nonwell informed or unknown Dates:
- Hildebert of Limoges, (or Aldebert of Limoges ), Viscount of Limoges. (° 850).
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