909 | Cluny founded by Duke William the Pious of Aquitaine Charles the Simple grants the area surrounding Rouen to the Viking leader Rollo: beginnings of the duchy of Normandy |
915 | Arab raiders ousted from mouth of River Garigliano in Italy |
922 | Robert of Neustria rebels against Charles the Simple and wins the French crown |
923 | On Robert's death Duke Raoul of Burgundy becomes king; Charles the Simple is imprisoned by Herbert II of Vermandois and dies in captivity in 929 |
933 | Henry I of Germany defeats the Magyars at Riade |
939-42 | Robert of Neustria's son, Hugh the Great, and son-in- law, Herbert II of Vermandois, rebel against Louis IV of France |
948 | Otto I of Germany founds missionary bishoprics at Brandenburg, Havelburg, Ribe, Aarhus, and Schleswig |
953-4 | Revolt of Liudolf and other dukes against Otto I |
955 | Otto I defeats the Magyars at the battle of the Lechfeld and ends their raids |
961 | Byzantines recapture Crete |
962 | Otto I crowned emperor by Pope John XII |
963 | Foundation of the Great Lavra monastery on Mount Athos by St Athanasius; Otto I defeats Mieszko I of Poland and obliges him to pay tribute |
965 | Byzantines recapture Cyprus; King Harold Bluetooth of Denmark is baptized |
966 | Mieszko adopts Christianity |
968 | Otto I founds the archbishopric of Magdeburg; the first Polish bishopric is established at Poznan |
978 | Lothar V of France and Otto II of Germany lead campaigns against each other |
982 | Otto II defeated in southern Italy by Muslims |
982-3 | The Slavs revolt against German rule and recover most of their territories to the east of the Elbe |
987 | Death of Louis V, last Carolingian king of France, and accession of King Robert's grandson, Hugh Capet |
988 | Charles of Lorraine contests Hugh's succession and seizes Laon, then Rheims; in 991 he is betrayed and dies in captivity the next year |
989 | Truce of God first proclaimed, at Charroux |
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