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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; The [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarian]] army invades Northern [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] with the permission of King [[Hugh of Italy|Hugh of Arles]]. They cross the [[Apennines]], and sack the [[Lombardy|Lombard]] lands in [[Tuscany]], [[Lazio]] and [[Campania]]. Finally, the Hungarians are defeated at [[Wolfenbüttel]] by a Saxon army.
* [[July]] &ndash; King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] besieges the fortress of [[Eresburg]]. He defeats his half-brother [[Thankmar]] and kills him as he tries to find sanctuary. [[Eberhard of Franconia|Eberhard III]], duke of [[Duchy of Franconia|Franconia]], is banished and replaced by his uncle [[Berthold, Duke of Bavaria|Berthold]].
* Fall &ndash; Otto I defeats in two campaigns a series of uprisings in [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]], Franconia and [[Lotharingia]].<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 245. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref> He signs a "friendship pact"  with King [[Louis IV of France|Louis IV]] ("d'Outremer") of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Battle of Bach Dang (938)|Battle of Bach Dang]]: [[Tĩnh Hải quân|Tĩnh Hải Quân]] forces under the rule of [[Ngô Quyền]] defeated an invading force of the [[Southern Han]] state at the [[Bach Dang River]]. This put an end to [[China|Chinese]] imperial domination in [[Vietnam]] after nearly 1,000 years.<ref name=":02">[[Ngô Sĩ Liên]] (1993), [[Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư]], page 53, Peripheral Records vol. 5, "Kỷ Nam Bắc Phân Tranh"</ref>
* The [[Sixteen Prefectures]], which includes the area around modern-day [[Beijing]], are absorbed in the [[Liao dynasty|Khitan Empire]].
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